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FISKE AND FISK FAMILY
BEING THE RECORD OF THE
Descendants of Symond Fiske, Lord of the Manor of Stad-
haugh, Suffolk County, England, from the time of
Henry IV. to Date, including all the American
Members of the Family.
FREDERICK CLIFTON PIERCE,
AUTHOR OF THE
Histories of Grafton and Barre, Mass., and Gibson, Harwood, Pierce,
Peirce, Pearce, Forbes,' Forbush, and Whitney Genealogies.
Fftsche, Fisc, Fiske, Fisk {spell it either way)
Meant true knighthood, freedom, faith, good qualities that stay-
Brethren, let the ancient name mean just the same for aye :
' Forward, every youth! To seek the higher good " today !
Rev. Perein B. Fiske, Lyndon, Vt.
PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR
1896
PRESS OF W. B. CONKEY COMPANY
CHICAGO. ILL.
XEo jflora,
MY ANCESTOR, THIS VOLUME IS MOST
RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED BY
XTbe Hutbor,
ANCESTRAL WORSHIP.
EGYPTIAN mappage or the Grecian urn
Did once perpetuate a father's clay;
Preserving through slow centuries and gray
The human remnant for the hope eterne.
And what the fires of funerals could not burn,
Nor Time's insidious tooth gnaw quite away,
Became a shrine of virtues, where might pray
The latest sons, and of their fathers learn.
But we, grown wiser, plant a family tree.
And 'neath its broadening branches sit us down,
Content to trace a noble pedigree
Unapt to urn a rich and high renown;
Content to dream of knights armed cap-a-pie.
Yet hoping from the sky to see a crown.
Horace Spencer Fiske.
Chicago, May 6, 1896.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Author's Preface, . . . .
The First Fiske, ... -
Origin of the Name Fiske,
Lord of the Manor of Stadhaugh,
Coat of Arms, -----
Fiske Wills in Suffolk County, England,
Recollections of a Visit to Laxfield,
The Manor of Stadhaugh,
Visit to Framlingham, Bennington and Laxfield,
Ancestral and Historical,
College Graduates by the Name of Fiske,
FiSKES and Fisks in the Revolutionary War,
Something of the English and American Fiskes,
Named for Fiskes, . - . . .
Our English Ancestors, . . . .
Our American Ancestors and Descendants,
John Fiske
Col. Francis S. Fiske
Isabella H. Fiske
Rev. Franklin W. Fisk
John Fiske
Rev. A. A. Fiske
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
PAGE.
Frederick C. Pierce . Frontispiece
Fiske Coat of Arms 5
Fiske Manor House, Stadhaugh, Eng-
land, 33
St. Mary's Church, Bury St., Edmunds,
England, 37
Bright Coat of Arms 49
Netherhall, Thurston, England, . . 49
Gail Hamilton 85
Ida Tucker Morris 94
Old Buckman Tavern, Lexington, . 97
Silas Forbush 112
Gov. E. A. Straw of New Hampshire, 140
Hon. Stephen A. Douglas 170
Early Picture of Hon. Stephen A.
Douglas 171
Mrs. Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, . . 178
Fiske Homestead, New Hampton,
N. H 189
Allen Fiske, 215
David Edward Fiske 218
Old Fiske Homestead, Amherst, N.H.,2ig
Mayor Edward Fiske Gorton, . . . 242
Old Fisk Hill Church 257
Sewall Fiske, 276
Hon. Henry D. Pierce, 280
John Fiske (steel) 300
Rev. Daniel Taggart Fiske, . . . 318
Hon. Henry Clay Fisk, 320
Col. Franklin Fisk, 326
Rev. Wm Allen Fiske, 329
John B, B. Fiske 330
Rev. Albert A. Fiske, 331
Dea. John P. Fiske, 334
Prof. Franklin W. Fisk, 335
Rev. Lewis R. Fiske, 336
Rev. Samuel W. Fiske 338
Rev. Wilbur Fisk, 347
Gen. Clinton B. Fisk, 350
Hon. Warren L. Fiske 403
John Fisk, 408
John M. Fisk, 410
Arthur N. Fisk, 411
Dr. Newell Fisk, 413
Edward F. Fisk 415
PAGE.
Almon P. Fisk 420
Dr. Edward J. Fiske 43°
Stephen P. Fisk 437
Hon. Hiram C. Fisk 439
Lieut.-Gov. Nelson W. Fisk, . . . 440
Rev. David M. Fisk 447
Dr. Cyrus M. Fisk 449
Hon. Joseph Fiske, 461
Charles D. B. Fisk, 467
Lieut. Bradley A. Fiske 469
Rev. Franklin L. Fisk, 47°
Mrs. Katherine Tanner Fisk, . . .471
Dr. George F. Fisk 474
Jerome H. Fisk 492
Rev. Nathan W. Fisk 497
Liberty B. Fiske 509
Louis S. Fiske, 5^0
Solon Fisk 5^4
James H. Fisk, 5^5
Dr. Samuel A. Fisk 528
Major Geo. A. Fiske 55°
Hon. LeanderW. Fiske 554
Geo. W. Fisk, 556
Hon. Wm. J. Fisk (steel), .... 560
Dr. Wm. M. L. Fiske 564
Col. James Fisk, Jr 568
Haley Fisk 57i
Hon. Theron S. Fisk, 573
Dr. C. R. Fisk 574
Mrs. Dr. C. R. Fisk 574
Hon. David L. Fisk 576
Harrison G. Fiske, 583
Mrs. Minnie Maddern Fiske, , . . 583
Ella A. Fiske, 589
Dr. Marcus B. Fisk, 598
Capt. Smith W. Fiske, 602
Amos K. Fiske, 604
Hon. Joseph G. Fiske 610
Rev. Herbert F. Fisk 611
Dea. Geo. B. Fiske, 613
George C. Fiske, 616
Capt. John M. Fiske, 620
Albert W. Fisk 622
Douglas A. Fiske, 630
AUTHOR'S PREFACE.
I VENTURE the assertion that thus far no antidote has been discovered for the
cure of the so-called "genealogical fever." My friends tell me I have it in an
aggravated form and it would seem so. Last year I published the Whitney
Genealogy, a volume of 700 pages, and now present "The Fiske Family." I have
been greatly assisted in my work by Bond's VVatertown and the volume compiled
by Rev. Albert A. Fiske of Austin, 111., on the Amherst, N. H., Fiskes. The family
is noted for its strong religious proclivities inherited from its English ancestors,
who on account of their Puritanic belief, were obliged to tiee from tlieir native land
or be beheaded or burnt at the stake at the pleasure of their fanatical associates.
One of the emigrant ancestors — a graduate of Immanuel College and an eminent
divine — was secreted in a wood-pile for nearly a year and finally escaped to America
in disguise, here to become one of the ablest preachers; and as Cotton Mather
said, "Did he shine in the golden candlestick of Chelmsford, a plain, but an able,
powerful and useful preacher of the Gospel." But few of the early New England
families can boast of as many descendants who were in the various professions as
the Fiske family.
Until this publication the many emigrant ancestors of the Fiskes have not been
connected in any one publication. The matter has been arranged in the same manner
as my previous publication.s, like the Register issued by the New England Historic-
Genealogical Society. It is the simplest, most comprehensive and the best of
plan yet devised. "T. p- ,i^j ."i-v-J'fTT"
A number of abbreviations win be founa in the book of which %e following
are explanations: ae., aged; abt., about; dau., daughter; dec'd, deceased; res.,
resides or resided, residence; w., wife; wid., widow and widower; yr., year; n. f. k.,
nothing further known; s. p., sine prole (without issue). There are a number of
other abbreviations of such common use that their meaning will be readily under-
stood. A name in parenthesis thus: Anna Fisk, dau. of Robert and Sybil
(Gould) Fiske, indicates the maiden name of the mother. An interrogation point
implies doubt or want of absolute certainty. Birthplaces of the children are not
always given, but can be ascertained by reference to the residence of the parents
which is always given. I wish to return thanks to all those who so generously
furnished the requested information. If all had responded a number of the lines
would be more complete. Thanks are especially due, Mrs. Silas A. Pierce, Grafton,
Mass.; Miss Lou M. Pierce, Worcester, Mass.; F. L. Ora of Chicago, 111.; Prof.
John Fiske, Cambridge, Mass.; Col. Francis S. Fiske of Boston; Hon. Joseph
Fiske of Wellesley Farms, Mass.; Rev. A. A. Fiske and others who rendered
valuable aid and assistance.
It is the sincere wish of the writer that the descendants of the Fiskes will
take as much pleasure in perusing these pages as I did in compiling them.
Very truly,
Chicago, July 30, 1896.
FISKE GENEALOGY.
THE FIRST FISK.
The family of Fiske flourished for a very long period in England, in the County
of Suffolk. So early as the eighth year of the reign of King John, A. D. 1208, we
find the name of Daniel Fisc of Laxfield appended to a document issued by the
King, confirming a grant of land in Digneveton Park, made by the Duke of
Loraine to the men of Laxfield. The original is in the Public Record office in Lon-
don and is dated May i, 1208. The following is a copy:
ROTULI CHARTARUM, VOL. I, PART i, PAGE 177.
Public Record Office, London.
Confirmation by King John, May i, 1208, to the men of Laxfield of land in the
Park of Digneveton, granted by the Duke of Loraine. The following are the
names of those to whom the grant was made:
Robert Garenoise, Eustice Percario, Henry de la Hose, Walter de Holoc,
William son of Robert, William Daniel, Jeffrey Daniel and Daniel their brother,
Daniel Cuppario, Brithmaro, son of Brithwalden, Stephen Proest, Stephen Archer,
Eustace son of Phillip, Melvine wife of Roger Gadermod, Picot son of William,
Bernard son of Roger, Edmund son of Robert, Jordan son of Robert, William
son of Gilbert, Robert son of Brithmar, Simon son of Edric, William Odonis,
Godfrey and Herbert, Robert son of Jeffrey, Osbert a clerk, Ralph a clerk, Hade-
brand Haiward, Robert son of William, Simon son of Turstan, Brithmar son of
Godwin, Roger Haiward, Richard Haddoc, Reignald son of Godwin, and Robert
and Daniel his brothers, John Emelin, Johnson of Roger, William Wudewell,
Roger Crespip, Henry son of Ade, Roger Hunne, Matilda wife of Gilbert, Ernest
de Radbrooke, and Robert his brother, Gerald son of Adwin and DANIEL FISC.
ORIGIN OF THE NAME FISKE.
The name Fisk is simply an older form of Fish. In Anglo-Saxon times the
termination sh was regularly sounded hard, like sk. The breakfasting Engliscman
of those days ate his fisc from a disc. The name is one of a large class of appella-
tives taken from the animal world, such as Herring, Salmon, Pike, Crabb, Tench,
Spratt, Peacock, Swan, Drake, Crane, Hawke, Bird, Lyon, Hart, Fox, Bull, Lamb,
Kidd, Cheever (goat), Todd (fox), Pmxell (piggy). Hare, Colt, Palfrey, etc.
The origin of this class of surnames is not perfectly clear. The largest and
most familiar groups of surnames are either (i) patronymics, such as Johnson,
Jones, Wilson, etc. ; or (2) names of villages and estates, such as Washington,
Frothingham (a corruption of Fotheringham), Greenough (green field), Holmes
(meadow), Stanley (stony pasture), etc.; or (3) names descriptive of occupation
or social position, such as Mason, Carpenter, Franklin (country squire). Baker
and its feminine Baxter, Thatcher and Thaxter, Weaver and Webster, Draper,
Smith, Fletcher (arrow-maker). Chapman (merchant). Cooper, Butler, Cartwright,
Sargent. Waterman, Sawyer, Chandler, Bishoo. Abbot, Clark, Constable, Spencer
(steward) Grosvenor (chief huntsman). Woodward (forest-keeper), Youmans
(yeoman), etc.
The earliest use of family names in England was about the beginning of the
eleventh century. Long before that time, indeed, clan names were common, and
such were always patronymics, e. g., Fotherings, the descendants of Fother; Beor-
mings, the descendants of Beorm; Icklings, the descendants of Ickel. At the time
of the Anglo-Saxon conquest of Britain (fifth and sixth centuries) it was customary
FISKE GENEALOGY.
for a clan to settle in a stockaded village by itself, and all English towns whose
names end in ham or ton, preceded by ing, were originally the abodes of single
clans; e. g., Birmingham, home of the children of Beorm; Icklington, town of
the children of Ickel. Besides these general clan names no others were in use
except individual names, such as Alfred or Edith.
The use of family names, beginning in the eleventh century, increased slowly.
It was not until the fifteenth century that such names became nearly universal, and
also stationary. At first they were shifting in usage. Thus, the same man might
be called Henry Wilson, because his father was named William, or Henry Froth-
ingham, because he lived at the village of Fotheringham, or Henry Draper, because
of his occupation. If the son of this Henry were named Robert, and were any
kind of a worker in metals, from an armourer to a blacksmith, he might be known
as Robert Harrison or Robert Smith. Surnames had not ceased to fluctuate in this
way until the fifteenth century, and it was not until late in the sixteenth that more
importance began to be attached to the family surname than to the individual
baptismal name. It appears, therefore, that in tracing back the Fiske genealogy
into the fourteenth century, we are approaching the time at which difficulty must
arise from fluctuations of surname. Thus the paternal grandfather of David Fiske
might have been called David Johnson, if John were his father's name, or David
Franklin, if he were a country squire. In the thirteenth century we should be
quite likely to encounter such confusion and to find the helpfulness of surnames in
tracing genealogies vastly diminished.
Surnames derived from estates or localities seem to have been the first to
become stationary, and next after them the surnames derived from trade or office,
since sons have so commonly followed their fathers in business. The class of
names to which Fiske belongs is certainly quite difl'erent in origin from the three
great classes above mentioned. What, then, was its origin? Why should a man
be called Wolf, or Heron, or Pike?
We are at first struck with the fact that barbarians commonly use such names,
both for individuals and for clans. Such individual names as Grey Wolf or Yel-
low Raccoon often owe their origin to some personal peculiarity or to some
irrecoverable incident. Among American Indians, and in general among bar-
barians all over the world, the clans are apt to have such names as Wolf,
Eagle, Salmon, Turtle, etc.; the totem, or symbol of the Wolf clan, the idol or
image of its tutelar deity, is likely to be a rude image of a wolf or wolf's head;
and in many cases the clan is supposed to have had a wolf for its first ancestor.
Shall we say, then, that animal surnames in modern English are survivals of
ancient heathen clan-names? Are Fiskes descended from a Fish clan among
the East Angles? To this view there seems to be a serious objection. The
conversion of our English forefathers from heathenism to Christianity was com-
pleted in the seventh century, at least four hundred years before the earliest use
of surnames in England. The old clan system, moreover, had crumbled to
pieces long before the Norman Conquest. It is not likely, therefore, that habits
of naming characteristic of the old heathen clans could have persisted long enough
to give rise to a whole class of surnames so late as the eleventh and twelfth
centuries.
Between the ancient systems of totem devices and the heraldry of the Middle
Ages there were many analogies and doubtless some points of connection; though,
on the whole, the former must be regarded as the predecessor of the latter,
not as its ancestor. The mediaeval heraldry was growing up in England during
the eleventh and twelfth centuries, and it made an extensive use of conven-
tionalized heads of familiar animals, not merely lions, wolves, and bulls, but
many kinds of bird and fish, as well as such imaginary creatures as dragons,
griffins, and cockatrices. For example, Lucy is the heraldic name for pike,
and the shield of the De Lucy family bears on a field gules three lucies or. From
this emblem the family surname is likely to have arisen, just as Geofifrey
Plantagenet was so called from the sprig of broom or genesta plant worn in
his helmet. The familiar name of Pike, as well as that of the Puritan magistrate,
Sir Thomas Lucy, who arrested Shakespeare for poaching, has probably come
from the heraldic use of pikes or lucies.
The explanation which serves for one of this class of animal surnames might
perhaps serve for all: but there is another point to be considered. Heraldic
devices were used not only upon banners and coats-of-arms, but also upon
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signboards, not merely of inns but oi other places of business. In days when
reading and writing were not common accomplishments, such devices were
in general use, and they survived down to a recent time. For tavern signs
they are not yet extinct. In old times, as often at the present day in Europe,
the shop and the homestead were usually contained in the same building.
Thus in the seventeenth century the father of John Milton, who w-as a solicitor,
notary public, and law-stationer, had his office and his home ,in a certain house
known as the Spread Eagle, in Bread Street, 'Cheapside. Over the front door was
the figure of an eagle with outstretched wings. For four or five centuries before
Milton's time, in going through any town, you would have passed by a succession
of such signs of hawks, cranes, dolphins, salmon, lambs, and bulls, thus finding
your way to the particular shop and homestead of which you were in quest.
The principle upon which the signs were chosen is not always obvious. Some-
times a family name may have suggested the sign, as if a man named Crow
were to paint a black crow over his door; but in early times the sign un-
doubtedly preceded and suggested the name. The family which dwelt at the sign
of the crow came to be called Crow, in the same way that a family which
dwelt at a country house called Greenough or Greenhalge (green field) canie
to be called by the name of the house.
There is nothing in the Fiske coat-of-arnis, as used in the last three or four
centuries, to suggest fishes or any occupation associated therewith. But if the
name goes back into the twelfth century, as quite possibly it may, there is a
chance that it may have been connected with some heraldic fish emblem since
disused. It is quite as likely to have its origin in a sign. As I said above, it
is difficult to determine with confidence the precise origin of names of this class.
The reader may be interested in the coincidence that Laxfield, the name of
the parish where our Fiske forefathers dwelt for at least three centuries, means
"salmon field." I think the name has been applied to the place for more
than a thousand years, but I have no theory as to its origin. The name Stad-
haugh (sometimes incorrectly written Stradhaugh) is compounded of stead and haugh.
The former means station or home, so that the word "homestead" is a case
of tautology. A haugh was a cleared field in the days when much of England
was covered with virgin forest. Stadhaugh is thus equivalent to "home in a
cleared field."
What Prof. Rasmiis B. Anderson says:
Prof. Rasmus B. Anderson of Madison, Wis., ex-minister to Denmark, in
writing sends the following:
Madison, Sept. 19, 1896.
Col. Fred Pierce, Chicago, 111.
My Dear Sir:— I have your favor of the 13th inst., in regard to the name of
"Fisk." Fisk means in Norwegian "fish" and of course the name may be of
Scandinavian origin. I am pretty familiar with Scandinavian nomenclature, but I
cannot recall any Dane, Swede or Norwegian by that name."
Dr. Henry Mortimer Fiske, a native of Sturbridge, residing in San Francisco,
writing in September, 1895, says: "The name for long centuries back was Fiske.
It is a Scandinavian name and is as common in Denmark and Sweden as Smith is
here. The meaning of the name is 'fish' and all Scandinavians call a fish, fiske. The
Danes have in Greenland a harbor called Fiskenares, and also one in the island of
St. Thomas, one of the West Indies, of the same name Fiskenares, meaning in
English fish harbor. I have also an old book published in London in 1760, called
the young man's book of knowledge, which is dedicated to the Rev. James Fiske,
a rectdS^ of the church of England. In an old book, a history of one of the counties
of England, speaking of one of the civil wars there the name of lord or viscount
Fiske is there mentioned as one of the civil magistrates. The book is one of the
first printed and is nearly 300 years old. In both Sweden and Denmark the name
is always spelt Fiske. I have satisfied myself the name was introduced into
England at the time of the Danish invasion. I am further satisfied that the 'e' was
left ol¥ in England more for the convenience of spelling on the part of our fore-
FISKE GENEALOGY.
fathers than any other cause, as those old fellows, even the most learned, had a
habit of phonetic spelling in many instances a desire to cut things short."
The late Miss Fidelia Fisk of Ooroomeyah, Persia, a veteran missionary, in-
formed the writer of this sketch that "there seemed to be some connection between
the name and the word 'fiscal.' Somewhere she had been told that, before the
appearance of the family name, 'the fisk' was one of the appointed public officers.
Much of the revenue of those days was collected in dried fish, and Fisk, or Fiske,
is the plural of fish in the Danish language. Quintals of fish were at that time used
as currency even.
"A ministerial crank, whom I came upon once in traveling, claimed that 'there
were few of the family names in N. E. that could not be traced back to the Greek! '
Whereupon I replied, 'Let me hear you take my name over that course.' Without
hesitation he replied, 'Your name came by way of Denmark, did it not? It is
probably all one with Fish. Now, in the Greek, fish is ichtheus. Prefix the
digamma and you have Fichtheus. Drop the termination, and you have Fich, or
Fisch, or Fische, which would very soon be worn down to Fish, or Fiske-Fisk.' "
In reading a valuable article from Rev. Wm. H. Grififis, on the "Influence of
the Netherlands upon the N. E. Emigrants," I found a statement to the efifect that
"many of the emigrants from Suffolk County, England, to Holland, in returning to
England, or coming over to America, were found to have shortened their names
to a monosyllable. Fisher thus became Fish."
This led to a brief correspondence, in the beginning of which that stalwart
defender of the rights and honors of the Dutch expressed his confidence, that "the
name of Fiske-Fisk was among those mentioned in the early literature of the
Netherlands." Search, however, only discovered a "Fisker" in Holland, who came
from and returned to England, but neither in England nor America was the name
of Fisker found thereafter, but the name of Fiske-Fisk is there among the emi-
grants before 1640.
It only adds to the plausibility of this theory to remember that almost every-
one of the emigrant Fiske-Fisk name had a trade which must have been originally
learned in Holland — weaver, tanner, spinner, dyer, etc.
Webster's Dictionary has this to say of the name: Fisk (fisk) verb irrelevant
(ch. Swedish fjeska, to bustle about), to run about; to frisk; to whisk. "He fisks
abroad and stirreth up erroneous opinions." — Latimer.
Fisk, fisc, fiskin, fysk (Swedish fjeska). "What frek of thy folde fisketh thus
aboute?" — Piers Plowman, c. x. 153.
Scots Law: The right of the crown to the movable estate of a rebel. (Ency-
clopedic Dictionary.)
Fish, fis, fisc, fisch, fiss, fisshe, fyche, fysch, fysshe, s. (Anglo-Saxon, fisc; cog-
nate with Dutch, visch; Icelandic, fisky; Danish, fisk; German, fisch; Swedish,
fisk; Goth., fisks; O. Fris., fisk; Welsh, pysg; Irish and Gaelic, iasg; Latin, piscis.
(Under head Fish, Encyclopedic Dictionary.)
LORD OF THE MANOR OF STADHAUGH.
Symond Fiske, Lord of the Manor of Stadhaugh, held lands in Laxfield
Parish, and was probably grandson * of Daniel Fisc, before mentioned. He
bore for his arms, chequey, argent and gules, upon a pale, sable, three mullets
pierced, or. These arms, with a crest added, were confined to Prof. Nicholas
Fiske, professor in Physic, of Stadhaugh, in Laxfield.
In 1633 a charter of confirmation was issued from Herald's College. It
acknowledges the use of the arms by a:h ancestor to all the emigrants.
To all and singular persons to whom these presents shall come, Wm. Segar,
Knight, Garter Principall, King of Arms of Englishmen, sendeth his due com-
mendations and greeting in our Lord God everlasting. Know yea that anciently
* According to Herald's Visitations.
FISKE GENEALOGY.
Motto: Macte virtu te sic itur ad astra.
"So to the stars we go
For doing as we ought below."
Arms of Symond Fisiie of Stadhaugh.
from the beginning it hath been a custome in all
countries and common wealths well governed,
that the bearing of certain signes in shields
(commonlie called arms) hath been and are the
only markes and demonstrations either of
prowess, virtue and valour in times of war or
peace, and of good life and conversation for
learning, magistracy and civil government in
times of peace diversley distributed according
to the qualities and deserts of the persons de-
meriting the same, which order, as it was most
prudentlie devised in the beginning, to stirr and
kindle the hearts of men to the imitation of vir-
tue and nobleness; even so hath the same been
and yet is continually observed to the end that
such as have done commendable service to
Prince and country either in war or peace may
receive due honor in their lives, and also devise
after their deathes successively to their posterity.
Amongst the which number I find Nicholas
Fiske of Studhaw in the parish of Laxfield, in
the county of Suffolk, Professor in Phisick, son
of Nathan Fiske of the same son of William, son
of Thomas, son of William Fiske of Studhaw
aforesaid that lived in the raignes of King Henry
the sixt, Edward the III, Richard the third and
King Henry the seventh, who beared for their
coats armor, as foUoweth viz, checkey argent
sable, three mtillets or, pearced and wanting
onto his said coate of Armes, as diverse
to want, a convenient creaste or cognizence
and gules, upon a pale
further for an ornament
auntient coates are found
fitt for him the said Nicholas to beare, who hath requested me the saide
Garter to assign him such a one as he may lawfuUie use without wrong doing
or prejudice to any person or persons whatsoever which according to his due
request I have accomplished and granted in manner and forme followeth (that is
to say), on a healme a torse argent and gules a triangle, argent, above the upper
angle an estoile, or, mantelled gules, doubled argent, as more plainly appeareth de-
picted in the margent hereof. All which amies and creaste I the said Garter
King of Armes by power and authoritie of my office, under the great seal of
England, due appoint, give, grant, ratifie and confirme onto the said Nicholas
Fiske and to his posteritie forever and that it shafi be lawfuU for him and them
to use and show forth the same in signet, shield, ensigne, or coate armor or
otherwise at his or their pleasure, at all times, and in all places, according to the
ancient laws or arms and laudable custome of England, without let or moUestation.
In witness whereof, I the saide Garter have hereonto set my hand and scale of
office, the i6th day of November, A. D. 1633, and in the 9th yeare of the raigne of
our.Souveraigne Lord Charles by the Grace of God, King of England, Scotland,
France and Ireland, defender of the Faith, etc.
This motto is evidently taken from Virgil's Aeneid, the ninth book. In the
640th and 641st lines of this book you will find: "Atque his victorem affatur
lulum: Macte nova virtute, puer: sic itur ad astra."
Another authority describes the arms as follows: Fisk Armes: Checkie, Ar-
gent and Gules, on pale sable 1.88 by .43 inches, check ^ inch Gules right hand
upper corner alternate Argent. Form, Top & side 5 checks right lined and right
angled; bottom, spade shaped, three Mullets, or, pierced. Crest: Torse 1.03 by .1
inch Argent & Gules, Triange equilateral, .65 inch, above upper angle an
Estoile, or, mantled Gules, doubled Argent, .1 inch.
The said arms and crest are ree'istered in the Heraldry book of Middlesex,
made by Sir Henry, signed George Knight Richmond. Hen: Lily, Rouge, Rose.
Heraldry, a relic of the feudal ages, took its rise in the crusades, and was em-
ployed to denote the manly virtues. Since then armorial bearings have served
very much the same purpose of the modern diploma, and have been cherished
because deemed the patent or respectability. Esteemed at first by the landed
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gentry at pleasure, they afterwards came under the regulation of law. The Herald's
College was established, and a general registration took place in the sixteenth
century, when pedigrees were accepted and registered, the disorder or irregularity
or fraudulent bought rectified.
FROM BOHN'S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF HERALDRY.
Fiske Harrison — see Harrison — Harrison, as borne by Fiske Goodeve. Fiske
Harrison, of Copford Hall, County Essex, Esquire, who assumed his additional
name and arms of Fiske, on succeeding to the family estate of his mother, Sarah
Thomas, only child of Rev. John Fiske, of Thorp, Moriaux County Sufifold, by
his wife the daughter and heir of the late Samuel Thomas, of Lavenham, Esquire.
Arms — Quarterly, first and fourth, az. two bars, one between six estoiles, three,
two and one. er. second and third and three crescents bareg under az. and gu.
Crest — A Stork, wings expanded ar. beaked and membered or. Motto — Ferendo
et Feriendo.
FISKE WILLS IN SUFFOLK COUNTY, ENGLAND.
In 1854 Col. Francis S. Fiske, of Keene, N. H., now a resident of Boston, Mass.,
and United States Commissioner, employed the well known American genealogist
and antiquarian, Horatio G. Somerby, then residing in Camden Square, London,
to thoroughly inspect and copj' from the records in the various parishes in Suffolk
County, England. He found a mass of very valuable data relating to the English
ancestors of the American Fiskes from 1462 to 1635.
Mr. Somerby first visited the several Suffolk parishes where he knew the Fiskes
had resided and made extracts from the parish registers which were of sufficient
antiquity to suit his purpose. The registers of South Elmham and Weybread,
however, in one of which he expected to find the baptism of one of the American
emigrants, did not date back far enough to give it. He next consulted some of
the wills of the early Fiskes and found sufficient to justify him in the belief that
Nathan Fiske, of Watertovvn, Massachusetts Colony, was the eighth in descent
from the first Simon of Laxfield, through Robert, of St. James, South Elmham,
who was his great-grandfather. Simon was Lord of the Manor of Stadhaugh, in
Laxfield, Suffolk County, England, in the time of Henry the Sixth.
Between the years 1462 and 1635 he found some fifty wills of Fiskes proved
in Suffolk County, all of the same family, abstracts of which were furnished and
are inserted in their proper places, others of this family are as follows:
WILLIAM FISKE. OF RENDHAM. Will nresented July 17, 1472. Men-
tions his sons, William, Robert, Thomas and John and Walter Fiske, of Peasenhall.
Wife Margaret.
THOMAS FISKE, OF BADENHAM. Will dated Sept. 13, 1488. Wife
Agnes. Sons, William and John.
JOHN FISKE OF DISS CO., NORFOLK. Will dated in 1488. Speaks of
his wife, Elizabeth, and Mr. John Fiske, clerk.
WILLIAM FISKE, OF BEEDES. Will dated 1505. Wife, Jane. Witnessed
by John Fiske and others.
NICHOLAS FISKE, OF EAST DEREHAM. E. NORFOLK. Will dated
Apr. 8, 1529. Wife, Elizabeth. Sons, William, Thomas, John and Ambrose.
Daughters, Cicily and Wj^borough.
JOHN FISKE, OF LAXFIELD. Will dated Oct. 2, 1535; proved 1535. De-
sires to be buried near his mother Bequeaths legacies to John Fiske, of East
Dereham; William Fiske, of East Dereham; Thomas Fiske, of Lowstoft, and to
John, son of Simon Fiske. Appoints Jeffrey Fiske, the elder, and his son, John,
executors.
JOHN FISKE, THE ELDER, OF WENHASTON. Will dated May 4,
J558; proved Jan. 6, 1558-9. Wife, Marion. Son, John. Daughters, Ague- and
Susan: daughter Joan Barfot.
THOMAS FISKE, OF NORTHALL. Will dated May 16, 1557: proved May
27, 1557. Desires to be buried at Southrow. Wife, Agnes. Sons, John and Will-
iam. Daughter, Margaret. Godson, Christopher Fiske.
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AIARIaN FISKE. OF WENHASTON, widow. Will dated Jan 30. 1558;
proved July 31, 1559. So'n, John. Daughter, Agnes; daughter, Joan Barfot.
WILLIAM HSKE OF SOUl'H COVE. Will dated Alar. 13, 1576; proved
Dec. 5, 1 581. Wife. Elizabeth. Late daughter, Alice, wife of Richard House.
Grandchildren, Judith and Dorothy Fiske. Legacy to Robert Pease and his children.
WILLIAM FISKE, OF ALDBOROUGH. Will dated Sept. 3, 1584; proved
Oct. 6, 1584-5. Wife, Margaret. Sons, Francis, Thomas, John and William.
Daughter, Margaret. Brothers, John and George.
WILLIAM FISKE OF RENDON. Will dated June 20, 1572. Wife, Isabel.
GEORGE FISKE, OF ALDBURGH. Will dated Jan. 25, 1584-S; proved
Feb. 26, 1584-5. Wife, Joan. Brother, John. Mentions William Fiske and his
son, Thomas.
RICHARD FISKE, OF SHOTLEY. Will dated Apr. 6, 1589. Wife, Ursula.
Son, Jonas.
WILLIAM FISKE, OF LAXFIELD. Will dated Dec. 29, 1590: proved
Jan. 22, 1591. To his wife. Jane, a tenement at Stradbrook. Brothers, John and
Jeremy. Brothers-in-law, John Punchyard and Thomas Bowett.
JOAN FISKE, OF IPSWICH. Will dated .May 22, 1562. Desires to be
buried in the churchyard of St. Mary-at-Elms, in Ipswich.
ROBERT FISKE, OF GREAT LINSTED, single man, nuncupative will,
dated Mar. 18, 1601-2. Father and mother, Thomas and Alice Fiske, of Great
Crattfield. Brothers. William and John. Sister Alice Sparham and sister, Joan.
ROBERT FISKE, OF ST. TAMES, SOUTH ELMHAM. Will dated Apr.
10, 1592; proved July 28, 1602. Eldest son, William; son, Eleazer, and his wife,
Elizabeth; son, Thomas. Daughter, wife of Robert Barnard. Appoints his sons,
Jaffrey and Eleazer executors.
WILLIAM FISKE, OF MIDDLETON. Will dated Mar. 18, 1611-12, proved
Apr. 22, 1612. Wife, Joan. Sons, Nicholas, William, John and Thomas, all under
22. Daughters, Frances and Margaret, not 21.
WILLIAM FISKE, OF RENDHAM. Will dated Oct. 20, 1603: proved Nov.
17, 1604. Son, Thomas. Daughter, Frances, wife of Anthony Cressye, of Den-
nington.
ARTHUR FISKE, OF BULCHAM HAMLET. IN BLITHEBOROUGH.
Will dated Dec. 20, 1610; proved Jan. 9, 1610. Wife, Mary. Mentions Agnes,
daughter of his brother Samuel, and John Fiske, his apprentice.
JOHN FISKE, THE ELDER, OF ALDBURGH, WOOLEN DRAPER.
Will dated Mar. 31, 1617; proved ^Nlay 18, 1617. Wife, Katherine. Sons, John and
Thomas. Daughter, Anne; daughter, Emma Bawkey, wife of Edward Bawkey;
daughter, Dorothy. Sister, ^Margery Palmer. Cousin, Thomas Fiske and his
children.
THOMAS FISKE, OF MARLFORD. Will dated Sept. 18, 1617; proved
Nov. 24, 1617. Mentions his grandchild, Thomas, son of hi_s son-in-law, Ralph
EverarH: William, son of his sister. Amy Richardson, deceased. Uncles, Robert
and John Godfrey. Cousin, Reynolds, of Baddingham; cousin, Blith, of Hales-
worth; cousin, Goodall, of Parham; wife's sister, Margary French. Father-in-law,
Whight.
ANNE FISKE. Will dated Jan. 6, 1619. Sons, Thomas and Robert. Sisters,
Hudson and Palmer.
WILLIAM FISKE, OF SPEXHALL. Will dated Mar. 29, 1618; proved
May 2, 1618. Gives to the poor of Hedinghani Co., Norfolk. Wife, Elizabeth.
Son, William, and his son, William; son, Edward, and his son, William. Daugh-
ters, Mary and Marian; and son-in-law, Robert Balls.
ROBERT FISKE. OF REEDHAM. Will dated Feb. 16, 1609-10; proved
Nov. 18, 1610. Wife, Elizabeth. Son, Robert, not 21. Daughters, Elizabeth, Mary
and Joan. To son, Richard, "who, whether he be living or dead, I know not,"
forty shillings, to be paid to him within one year after his return to England.
THOMAS FISKE, OF WENHASTON. Will dated Mar. 16, 1602-3; proved
June 5, 1604. Wife, Alice. Legacies to his sister. Knight, and William Fiske, re-
siding with him. Makes William, son of William Fiske, of Hockingham, to Nor-
folk, his princioal heir.
MARY FISKE, OF WEST ORETHAM CO.. NORFOLK, widow. Will
dated Aug. 21, 1623; proved Feb. 26, 1624. Eldest son, Christopher. Grandchil-
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dren, Robert, William and Edmund. Son-in-law, Edward Page. Mentions
Robert, son of Robert Fiske.
HENRY FISKE, OF WENHASTON. Will dated Apr. 15, 1628; proved
July 9, 1628. Wife, Margaret. Son, Henry. Daughters, Rose, Margaret and
Prudence.
SIMON FISKE, OF ELMSWELL. Will dated Mar. 15, 1615. Wife, Eliza-
beth.
EMME FISKE, OF ELMSWELL, widow. Will dated Feb. 17, 1625;
proved Nov. 27, 1626. Son. Robert and his daughter, ]\Iargaret; son Edward and
his daughter, Elizabeth. Grandchild, Mary Palmer. Daughter, Elizabeth Martin;
daughter, Frances, wife of Roger Bardwell.
JOHN FISKE, OF ELMSWELL. Will dated Sept. 4, 1616: proved Oct.
14, 1616. Brothers, Robert, Simon and Edward. Brother-in-law, Thomas Palmer;
brother-in-law, Thomas Bardwell; brother-in-law, Thomas Martin. Appoints his
mother, Emme Fiske, executrix.
MARGARET FISKE, OF SWIFTING, widow. Will dated Apr. 19, 1636.
To her son, Nathan, one-third of all her goods, and the residue to her daughters,
Mary, Margaret and Sarah. Appoints her son, Nathan, executor.
JOHN FISKE, THE ELDER, OF WENHASTON. Will dated May 6,
1636; proved Apr. 21, 1640. To his daughter, Susan Fiske, £40. Appoints his son,
John, executor.
AMOS FISKE, OF DENNINGTON, singleman. Will dated Jan. 8, 1641-2;
proved Apr. 21, 1642. Sister Frances, wife of John Russell; sister Margaret Fiske,
Father-in-law. William Fiske. Mother, Margaret. Directs that his brothers,
John and William, the younger, be bound apprentices; brother, William, the elder,
residuary legatee.
ZACHARY FISKE, OF WETHERSDEN. Will dated Feb. 18, 1646-7;
proved Jan. 2"], 1647-8. Wife, Mary. Mentions William Fiske, eldest son of John
Fiske, of Ruttlesden, Gent, and Zachary Fiske, son of Robert Fiske, of Norton,
Gent.
THOMAS FISKE, OF SANDCROFT, IN SOUTH ELMHAM. Will dated
1661. Mentions his brother, James and Samuel Fiske, Weybred.
THOMAS FISKE, THE ELDER, OF ALDBOROUGH. Will dated Aug.
9, 1623; proved July 9, 1633. Wife, Emme. Sons, Francis, Thomas and William.
Daughters, Emme and Elizabeth. Grandson, John.
FRANCIS FISKE, OF ALDBOROUGH. Will dated Mar. 31, 1634; proved
Nov. 27, 1634. Mother, Emma Fiske. Son, John. Appoints his wife, Anne, exec-
utrix.
JOFIN FISKE, OF SOUTHWOLD. Will dated Apr. 20, 1648. Bequeathes
to his wife, Mary, lands in Wenhaston. Sons, John, Sturgeon and Anthony, all
under 21. Daughter, Margaret, wife of Gilbert Hopkin. Daughter, Susan Fiske.
RECOLLECTIONS OF A VISIT TO LAXFIELD.
(By Isabella H. Fiske, of Wellesley Farms, Mass.)
To the member of the family who is interested in its early history, and is
taking a trip in England there will be hardly anything more fruitful of enjoyment
than turning aside a little from the beaten track and visiting his ancestral home
of Laxfield, in Suffolk, from which the American branch of the Fiskes emigrated.
The town and its vicinity make an interesting study. The nearest railroad
town, and one with which the Fiskes themselves were early identified, is Framling-
ham, some eight miles distant, and with twenty-five hundred inhabitants. The
town itself claims through tradition to date from the time of Redwald, king of the
East Angles. It is certainly as early as the Norman period, as the structure of its
castle shows.
This is a fine old ruin, one of the largest in England, covering over an acre
of ground, with its thick walls, arched gateway, and rising towers. It has a most
interesting history, having been held since the earliest records till through the
thirteenth century by the baronial family of the Bigods, these being bestowed by
Edward I. upon his son Thomas, of Brotherton, and still later coming into the
hands of the Mowbrays and Howards; families later represented by the earls and
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dukes of Norfolk. It was at one time surrendered into the hands of John, and
again, much later, was seized by the crown and became the residence of Queen
Mary of England, being afterwards restored to the Howards by James I. Coming,
in the seventeenth century, through purchase, into the hands of Sir Robert
Hitcham, it was considerably dismantled, and was finally, on the hard terms of its
■entire demolishment given over by his will into the possession of Pembroke Col-
lege, Cambridge.
There is also in Framlingham, the fine old church of St. Michael's, dating in
part from the thirteenth century, and harboring as its chief treasure the altar
tombs of the Howards; the most noted among whom are the two earls of Surrey,
one victor of Flodden field, the other, the gifted poet of the Tudor era, and a
victim of Henry VII.
Modern Framlingham is quiet enough, boasting as its chief interest, the Albert
Memorial College, a large school for boys. It still keeps its antiquarian interest
as central, however.
The name of Fiske is by no means an unknown one here. It may be found
upon the stones in St. Michael's churchyard, which is comparatively recent, occur-
ring about half a dozen times. It is to be seen in the town records also, and over
shop doors and the like, occasionally. In one instance, however, the proprietor —
whose name was Fisk — of one of the stores there, on being interviewed in regard
to his family was unfortunately unable to trace back his lineage even so far
as his own grandfather. But we may feel ourselves quite justified in identifying the
early history of the family with that of the town in all the stirring scenes that were
witnessed there.
In Framlingham we have a strong recollection of the past. In Laxfield we
have the past itself, as something still present, not yet outgrown. It is all de-
lightfully typical of England. In the first place, we have the real English coun-
try. We have behind us all thought of time and press of circumstances, and
stroll leisurely along the winding lanes, shut in by green hedgerows from the
sloping hillsides where the sheep and cattle graze peacefully. We have the coun-
try life of centuries ago, too. It is all just as it was when, as an old play tells
us: "Prince Charlie came riding down to hunt the deer at Laxfield with his men,"
or when Cromwell and his men came riding along that way on their destructive
mission.
Come they did, most probably along this route, for the little church at Laxfield
bears traces of vandal hands, which marked the overzeal of the Roundheads. As
we enter the little town, of about five hundred inhabitants, the whole atmosphere
is delightful, this stepping out of the whirl of traffic, the rush of modern life, and
breathing this quieter air, with its suggestions of lavender and musk, its folds
and creases of the past still lingering. The great charm is the quaint unconscious-
ness of it all. The centuries have slipped by unnoted, and the old church still
waits for the awakening touch that seems as far away as ever. The handful of
houses grouped around it are true English country homes. The rectory one would
wish particularly to visit; a charming little place, which, with its bower of green and
rosevines and suggestions of perpetual summer, has all the romance and quaint-
ness of the setting of the "Vicar of Wakefield." The rector seems the Vicar
■himself, gray and gentle as he is; a most hospitable man, who keeps up from
"his little retreat with the movement of the world's forces, yet with a contemplative,
rather than an active interest.
We have a strong sense of ownership in this ancestral home of ours as we
linger along its shaded street, on our way to the churchyard. This grows upon us as
we find upon the mossgrown stones half obliterated epitaphs, containing the
familiar family name. It is something set off from the thoroughfare of the cease-
less throng of tourists; a little by-way in which we can take an especial pride,
and something as deserving of study as many a better known object of attention.
As we enter the exquisite little church, we note the rich, time-darkened carv-
ing, the finely executed stone-work of the fourteenth century, and the later Jacobin
influence in the work. It is all genuine from the quaint baptismal font within, to
the square tower without, rising amid the trees.
In the parish register, which is hardly ever opened, the records begin with
the sixteenth century and the name of an Elizabeth Fisk is found to be one of the
•first entries, in 1519. Thus the old register bears witness that the Fiskes were
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identified with the town at the earHest account, and suggests a far-stretching past
as a fertile field for the imagination.
The feeling of ownership culminates, of course, in visiting the old homestead,
Stadhaugh perhaps a mile distant. It is a fine old estate, with its hundreds of
acres still kept up and well stocked with sheep and cattle, and its traces of manor-
house dignity. Its quaintly arranged chambers, its rambling roominess, and low-
reaching rafters make an effective background for the bright laughter and merry
sport of the rosy cheeked English children in the family now occupying it. We
may look back here in imagination upon the environments of the Stadhaugh
Fiskes in the old days of Henry IV. and Henry VI., when they were persecuted
for their loyalty, and picture the lives of our own ancstors there to whose deeds
of highmindedness Cotton Mather has made stirring allusion, naming this very
estate of Stadhaugh as the scene of the events he has narrated to us. Surely the
old homestead, arousing as it does our pride and patriotism, is a fitting link in the
past and present of the family history.
Typical as Laxfield and its environs are, it is hard to describe even in detail
without seeming to generalize. The associations are of course of more immediate
interest than the objects themselves. Yet one gets a great deal of satisfaction, in
this particular instance at least, by going back to the haunts of his family's
childhood. If you can not do this in person, take down your Oliver Gold-
smith and read over again some of the descriptions of Wakefield and its vicar
You will hardly be far from the truth. If you can go, do. You will see no reason,
if you are a lover of freshness in quaintness, of the historic past, and of rural Eng-
land of today to regret having visited your family's early home, Laxfield.
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THE MANOR OF STADHAUGH.
(Rev. Franklin Woodbury Fisk.)
Extracts from my notebook of travel, describing a visit made in July, 1872, to
the Manor of Stadhaugh, town of Laxfield, county of Suffolk, England, for several
generations in the possession of the Fisk family:
July 23, 1872, Laxfield. at "The Royal Oak" hotel. — Leaving Cambridge at 10
o'clock yesterday morning, I came by rail to Framlingham, the nearest station
to Laxfield, six miles distant. Calling on two brothers, Henry and George Fisk,
the first a glazier, and the other a shop-keeper, to see if I could learn anything
respecting their ancestry. I found that I could learn absolutely nothing except
that their father, many years before, came from the neighborhood of Laxfield.
I ordered dinner at "The Crown" hotel, at 5 o'clock, and meanwhile visited the
old castle, now in ruins, to which Queen Mary fied when Lady Jane Grey was
placed upon the throne. It must have been a very strong castle in its day. I
also visited the ancient church in which is the tomb of the celebrated poet, Henry
Howard, Earl of Surrey, beheaded by Henry VIII. After dinner I started ofif at
6 o'clock to walk to Laxfield. It was a sweltering day, and I had a hard walk,
though in many respects a pleasant one, reaching Laxfield about 8 o'clock. I
called at once on the rector of the church, Rev. John Dallas, a gentleman of some
60 years of age, who has been pastor of the church here twenty years. He received me
very courteously, and kindly offered to go with me in the morning to the old
church and inspect the records of the baptisms, marriages and deaths of persons
who had lived in the parish since the time of Queen Elizabeth, as the records did
not extend back of that date. After engaging lodgings at "The Royal Oak," I
called, at the suggestion of the rector, on an aged gentleman (Mr. Brightly), who
for many years has been an officer in the church, and has known the inhabitants
of the town for sixty years. He kindly gave me all the information about the
Fisk family he possessed, and said that there had been no one of that name living
in the town for the last twenty years.
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Woodbridge, July 24. — After breakfast yesterday morning, I accompanied Rev.
Mr. Dallas and his accomplished daughter to the venerable church edifice, with
its ancient Norman tower. We opened the rusty iron chest, took from it the old
records, and pored over them for hours, till 12 o'clock, trying to decipher the
almost hieroglyphic characters of the writing. We turned first to the records of
baptisms, which we found did not extend back of 1579, and these records, as nearly
as we could make them out, were as follows. (There is copied into my notebook
a list of twenty-seven baptisms extending from the year 1579 to the year 1651,
which was as far as I copied.) The name Fisk stands the second one of the names
on these records, and is almost uniformly spelled for some years, "Ffyske," but
when a new minister or clerk came to enter the name, he spelled it differently, and
often without the final "e." Indeed, in one or two instances the name seemed to have
been spelled differently in the same entry of a baptism, thus: "Mary Ffyske,
daughter of Nicholas Ffysk, was baptized the 8th day of Nov., 1581." After the
entry in the year 1514, the "y" in the name becomes changed into "i," thus: Ffiske
or Ffisk.
I noticed this record of a marriage: "Married, Henry Ffiske and Margarette
Smith, the 20th day of Sept., 1590."
I find that the "Studhaw" estate (or as it is indiiTerently spelled, "Studhaw,"
"Sudhaw," "Stadhaugh"), was in the possession of a Mr. John Smith, and I sus-
pect that he came into its possession through the marriage connection of the
Fisks and Smiths referred to above. This Mr. Smith appears to have been a man
of intelligent and benevolent views, as he willed the whole estate, consisting
of about 112 acres of excellent land, with good buildings, to the town of Laxfield
intrust, the income of which should be forever appropriated to the support of a
school for the training in the common branches of an English education, of forty
poor orphan boys of the town of Laxfield, or if necessary, of the county of
Suffolk, after wliich these boys were to be taught some useful trade. The be-
quest was made, I think, in 1718, and ever since the school has been doing this
noble work. It is under the care of seven trustees, of whom the Rev. John Dallas
is chairman. I visited the school and was much pleased with it.
I walked out with Mr. Dallas to the estate, lying about half a mile from the
village, and was politely received and hospitably entertained by the tenants, Mr.
Thomas Reed and wife, who showed me through the house, which must have
been quite a grand one in its day, though changed from age to age, not always,
as I think, for the better. In the garret of the house I saw fine old oak wainscoting
that generations ago adorned the lower rooms of the manor house. The biiilding
is of stone, of very ample dimensions on the ground, and has a very large kitchen,
and butter and cheese rooms, and has commodious outbuildings. The rent of the
estate is £170 a year. Mr. Reed's father and grandfather lived as tenants on the
estate, in all for ninety years. After spending a very pleasant hour at this de-
lightful house of my ancestors for several generations, I returned to the quamt
little village of Laxfield. and bidding "good-bye" to my kind friend, Mr. Dallas,
walked back to Framlingham, and taking a railway train to this place (Wood-
bridge), stopped here over night to call on Mr. Samuel Fisk and his two sons,
whom I found to be prosperous business men. The father had left Laxfield forty
years ago, and had established himself in Woodbridge, in the cabinet-making busi-
ness, in which he had been very successful.
VISIT TO FRAMLINGHAM, DENNINGTON AND
LAXFIELD.
(By Prof. John Fiske, of Cambridge.)
With regard to an article on the English Fiskes, I hardly think I know any-
thing which you do not know already, but with regard to the Manor House, I
can tell you briefly of a visit which I made there in June. 1880. 1 had been givmg
some lectures in London, and was going thence to Edinburgh to give a course of
lectures there. I stopped at Ipswich and passed a night at the Great White Horse
Inn. immortalized in "Pickwick Papers." Took the train next morning for the
quaint old market town of Framlingham. The English, by the way, do not pro-,
nounce that "1", and I suppose that our Framingham was named after it. At
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PVamlingham, my wife and I tooK a dog cart and drove through Dennington, where
Nicholas Fiske lived in the days of "Bloody Mary," to Laxfield, which is nine
miles from Framlingham, and almost within the salt smell of the German Ocean.
I felt very doubtful whether there would be anything to see at Laxfield more
than a meadow or potato patch, but it would be something to see even the site
which one's forefathers left when they came to New England. I inquired of a
man working on the road, and learned that the Manor House of Stadhaugh was
still standing, and that information on local history might be obtained from
Mr. Aldrich, the parish clerk. After a pleasant call at the house of this gentle-
man, I continued on my way until at the end of a very long hedgerow I saw the
quaint farmhouse known as Stadhaugh Manor. The present occupant, Mr.
Thomas Read, was standing at the gate. On my mentioning my name, he invited
us into tl;e dining-room, a long, low-studded room with large fire-place, tall clock
well stocked bookshelves, plants in the window, and all the appearance of com-
fort. I learned from Mr. Read that the house was built in the time of Henry
VHL, apparently at a season when window taxes were high. Fiskes had lived on
the spot since the time of Richard H., and how much earlier I do not know. They
came to America in such numbers that the name became nearly extinct in Suffolk.
The last Fiske of Stadhaugh died about 1675. The estate then passed into the
hands of John Smith, Esq., who died in 1715, leaving the Manor House and farm
of about three hundred acres to the Parish of Laxfield with a provision that the
income should be devoted to preparing poor boys for the University at Cam-
bridge. The place was leased by the parish to a family named Read on a ninety-
nine year lease, and at the expiration of that period, the lease was renewed for
another century.
My entertainer belonged to the sixth generation of Reads who had lived in
that house. He was a fine, tall, stately man, quick in mind and well informed,
very like the best type of New England deacon. He seemed interested in seeing a
descendant of the ancient Fiskes, and said that it was not often that he had such
visitors.
We called upon the vicar. Rev. William Mothersole, who said that we would
find on the floor of the parish church the names of some Fiske ancestors buried
beneath. The little parish church was built about the time of King Alfred, 1,000
years ago. The floor was covered with strips of a kind of hemp carpet, and on
raising them, there was a good deal of dust to be cleared away, and as my time was
limited, I gave up the search for Fiske graves. I, however, saw that of "John
Smith, Armiger."
The vicar's son, a bright boy of twelve, who was much interested in the
proceedings, took me to the village green where the one martyr of Laxfield was
burned in the evil days of Mary Tudor. This victim was the Rev. John Noyes, and
Fox, in his "Book of Martyrs," tells how his brother-in-law, Nicholas Fiske, of
Dennington, visited him the evening before his execution.
I believe there is nothing more of interest to be said about my visit. The
country at Laxfield and all about it has that finished, pastoral beauty so character-
istic of the English landscape.
ANCESTRAL AND HISTORICAL.
(By Rev. Albert A. Fiske.)
The Fiskes in America are descended from an ancient family of that name,
which for centuries and until a recent period, had its seat and manorial lands in
Laxfield, in the county of Suffolk, England. As early as 1422, one Symond Fiske
resided there as Lord of the Manor of Stadhaugh, and entitled by grant to coat
armour. Several of his descendants appear to have justly gained repute for piety
and education, both among churchmen and non-conformists, and numbers of them
during the protracted struggle of the Reformation, and especially in the days of
Queen Mary, endured severe persecutions on account of their staunch adherence
to Evangelical principles.
Robert Fiske, of Laxfield, son of Simon, and fourth in descent from Symond
Fiske, of the same, married Sibyl Gold, and had sons, William, Jeffrey, Thomas
FISKE GENEALOGY. 13
and Eliezer. These parents were the progenitors of all the Fiskes that settled in
New England, so far as known, before 1640. In considering their posterity here,
we must trace them as descended from two distinct groups, coming over about
the same time (1637), one group settling in Wenham, and the other in Watertown,
Mass. William Fiske, eldest son of Robert, married Ann Anstye, and had children,
John, Nathaniel (who died j^oung), Eunice and Hannah, the last of whom mar-
ried William Candler, and was the mother of Rev. Matthias Candler, whose manu-
scripts, now on file in the British Museum, furnish the records from which the early
history of the Fiskes in England have been compiled. John Fiske, the eldest son
of William, above, and grandson of Robert and Sibyl Fiske, married Ann, a
daughter of Robert Lantersee, and had children, John, William, Anne and Martha,
all of whom, with their mother, embarked for America in 1637. Their father had
died previously (in 1633), and during the passage the mother died also. The
two brothers, having married in England, settled with their families in Wenham,
then a village of Salem, Mass., about 1640. John, who had been already ordained
in the English Church, became a noted and influential minister in the colony, and
was settled as the first minister of the church in Wenham. Cotton Mather, in
that quaint volume entitled "Magnalia," makes honorable allusion to him, both
as scholar and preacher, and said that "like the beloved Luke, his praise was in
all the churches." His brother, William, became also a man of mark, filled various
public offices, was representative to the general court of Massachusetts, but died
in the prime of his powers and usefulness, under 40 years of age. Both were able
and useful men, were zealous Puritans in religion, and left descendants who per-
petuated their good name for several generations.
T~ About the same time that Rev. John and his brother established themselves
in Wenham, several of their relations became also emigrants to the colony. David
Fiske, of Watertown, who settled there with his son, David, and nephews, John and
Nathan; and Phinehas Fiske, of Wenham, who brought with him sons, James
(afterwards of Haverhill), John and Thomas — these two separate groups of families
were respectively descended from J^effrey Fiske and Thomas_Fiske, the third sons
of Robert and Sibyl, previously mentioned; ^heir cousin^TRev. John and William,
being descended, as we have already shown, from William Fiske, the first son of
the same. From these brothers and cousins, eight in all, who were thus early
colonized in the commonwealth, have sprung a numerous, widely scattered, and
very respectable posterity. Over one hundred and sixty of their number, bearing
the family name, are on the roll of college graduates, while very many of them
have variously attained distinction as divines, authors, scholars, and public men,
two having been prominent candidates for the Presidency of the United States.
There is not a university or collegiate institution in this land, which has not
had at some period a Fiske filling a prominent chair on its board of faculty,
while four of them have been elected to the presidency of such corporations.
And as to minisrers and deacons of churches, their number is alijiost beyond
enumeration. "
We will now consider more particularly the Wenham group of Fiskes. Rev.
John Fiske and family arrived in Cambridge, Mass., in 1637. There he engaged
for awhile in teaching school, and afterwards in Salem, where he conducted the
first grammar school with remarkable success, his pupils being able, it is said, to
conipose readily in Latin, verse or prose. In 1643 he removed to Wenham
(adjoining Salem), gathered a church, and became its first pastor, in 1644. and
continued such for more than twelve years. In 1655 he removed to the pastorate
of the church in Chelmsford, in which he continued till 1677, when he died at
the age of y6, leaving a family. Rev. John Fiske was twice married. His
first wife, after living with him about thirty-seven years, died in 1771. Such was
her remarkable knowledge of Scripture that she was called her husband's
concordance. She was the mother of his children.
Moses, only son of Rev. John Fiske that arrived to maturity, graduated at
Harvard College in 1662 — the first of the Fiske alumni in this country; was
licensed to preach in 1671, and ordained and settled over the church in Braintree
(now Quincy), Mass., the following year. He was a preacher of considerable
power and animation. Several of his sermons were published, and may be
found in the archives of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Rev. Mo:es Fiske
was twice married. His first wife was Sarah, a daughter of William Symmes, of
Charleston, whom he married in 1671. Of his fourteen children those that
14 FISKE GENEALOGY.
lived were named as follows: Mary, Sarah, Ann, Elizabeth, Moses, John, William,
Samuel. Mrs. Sarah, wife of Rev. Moses Fiske, died in 1692. In I700, Jan. 7,
he married Mrs. Quincey, a daughter of the distinguished Rev. Thomas Shepard.
By her he had, Shepard Fiske, born April 19, 1703; Margaret Fiske, born Dec. 15,'
1705. Shepard Fiske, youngest son of Rev. Closes Fiske, graduated at Harvard
College in 1721, and died a physician at Bridgewater, ^lass., in 1779. Mr. Fiske's
daughters, except the last, all married clergymen. Two of his sons also, John and
William, were clergymen. But the subsequent history of their brothers, Moses and
William, is not definitely known.
John Fiske, second son of Rev. Moses Fiske, of Braintree (Quincy), graduated
at Harvard College in 1702, preached awhile in Braintree Church, and was or-
dained pastor of a church in Killingly, Conn., October 19,1715; his brother-in-law,
Rev. Joseph Baxter, of Medfield, preaching the sermon. Here he remained
until 1741, when disafifection arising in the church, he was dismissed and retired
upon his large landed estate in Killingly, where he died in 1773, in the 89th year
of his age. He is reported to have been a good scholar, an able preacher, and wise
counselor. His wife was Abigail, a daughter of Rev. Nehemiah Hobart, of Newton,
Mass. Of his five children only one was a son, and he died in infancy.
Samuel Fiske, youngest son of Rev. Moses Fiske, of Braintree, graduated
at Harvard College in 1708 — where his name appears on the roll without the
vowel termination — and was ordained minister of the First Church, in Salem, Mass.,
in October, 1708. Says Bentley, in his memorial sermon: "Rev. Saniuel Fiske
was a man of eminent talents in the pulpit, of firm and persevering mind, and held
in high esteem until disaffection sprang up in his church from the ill-defined
discipline then existing in our churches. He was a preacher of real abilities,
but his high notions of church authority were repugnant to many persons, and
interfered with his usefulness. He was dismissed from the First Church, in 1735,
and accepted the charge of a new society established by his friends. He preached
the first centenary lecture of the First Church, August 6, 1729. The election
sermon delivered by him before the Governor and Legislature, in 1731, may be
reckoned as among the best. It was published and a copy is preserved among the
state archives. He was dismissed from the Third Church in 1745, when he
retired from the ministry. By wife, Anna Gerrish, he had five children, but only
one of his sons reached maturity, John, born May 6, 1744. Rev. Samuel Fiske died
in Salem, in 1770, at quite an advanced age.
John Fiske, only surviving son of Rev. Samuel Fiske, of Salem, engaged in
commercial pursuits and acquired property. At the time of the Revolution
he commanded the first vessel of war commissioned in the service. At the close of
the war, he was commissioned a Colonel, then a Brigadier, and finally a Major
General in the State Militia, which position he held until his death, in 1797. He
was a man of princely hospitality, of enterprising spirit, and of benevolent im-
pulses. He took great interest in the various religious and charitable movements
of the day, and contributed freely to their support. He was thrice married, but
left no male issue.
Peter Fiske, a grandson of Rev. Moses, of Quincy, married Sarah Perry, of
Grafton, Mass., November 15, 1758. Four of their children were there born, Moses,
Nathaniel, Peter, Sarah, John. Of these the eldest, Moses, graduated at Dart-
mouth College, in 1786; was licensed and preached awhile, but never ordained to
the pastorate. He was a tutor in Dartmouth College from 1788 to 1795, when he
removed to Helham, Tenn., and died there about 1842. He remained single until 50
years of age, and then reared a family of nine children. He ever manifested a
strong disapprobation of negro slavery, although living in the midst of slavery all
his days in the south. He was the author of several published works on slavery.
John Fiske, brother of above, graduated at Dartmouth College, in 1791, studied
theology with Rev. Dr. Lyman, of Hatfield, and was ordained to the ministry
at Hadley, Mass., in May, 1794. Preaching for awhile as an evangelist, he ac-
cepted a call to the church in New Braintree, and was installed pastor, in August,
1796. In 1809 he enjoyed with his church a remarkable revival, which was re-
peated in 1818, 1819, 1826, 1831 and 1842. The fruits of these awakenings were
numerous additions to the church. He preached his half century discourse
October 26, 1846, which was published. He took a deep interest in the cause
of education; was one of the ef^cient helpers in the building up of Amherst College,
and received the degree of D. D. from that institution in 1844. He continued
FISKE GENEALOGY. 15
to preach with the assistance of a colleague, until October, 1854. In March follow-
ing, he died in great peace, after a ministry of sixty-one years with the same
people. He made a fine figure in the pulpit, being tall, dignified, of serene and
intelligent countenance. He possessed a clear and well balanced mind, and a
general completeness of character seldom found. His pulpit efforts were marked
by eminent good sense and great appropriateness, especially in prayer. Sev-
eral of his discourses were published. Mr. Fiske married, in 1796, Elizabeth
Mellen, of Milford. They had children: John ]\I., Alary W., William, Sarah, Abby
and James. The youngest daughter married George Merriam, one of the pub-
lishers of Webster's Dictionary. William Fiske, son of Rev. ]Dr. John, was or-
dained to the ministry in 1865, and for years did good and efficient service among
the Freedmen.
William Fiske, Esq., who emigrated to America in 1637, in company with his
brother. Rev. John Fiske, was born in England, about 1614, and was there
married to Bridget Musket, by whom he had several children. He was admitted
Freeman (at Wenham), in 1643, and chosen town clerk of the same during the
following year. He was elected Representative to the General Court of the Com-
monwealth in 1647, and continued in that office by annual election until 1652. He
appears to have enjoyed to a large extent the confidence and respect of his
townsmen, but was cut short in his career by death, in 1654, in the prime of
his life, under 40 years of age; having during the eleven years of his residence in
Wenham, repeatedly served in all the positions of trust within the gift of the peo-
ple. He died intestate, and therefore most probably of some sudden and acute
disease. Letters of administration were granted to his widow, in July, 1654. by
which provision was made for the following children, therein named: William,
Samuel, Joseph, Benjamin, and Martha. William, the eldest, was born 1642. Other
children may have been born previously, but must have died young. The above
named were evidently the only living heirs at the time of their father's decease.
No records of births, marriages or deaths were kept on the town books of Wen-
ham before 1686, when Capt. Thomas Fiske was instructed to commence their
registration . Consequently the facts respecting the early generations are derivable
only where private sources are wanting, from the public records of the land
and probate offices. These records, for the entire counties of Essex and Middle-
sex, and covering a period of over two hundred 3^ears, in connection with various
town records, have been carefully examined, and the results of the investigation,
after much study, have been compiled in the following pages.
William Fiske, Jr., the eldest son of William Fiske, the emigrant, born in
1642, was married to Sarah Kilham. of Wenham, Jan. 15, 1662, and by her had
several children, the record of whose names and births was found among
the private papers of his grandson, William Fiske, Sr., of Amherst, N. H.
Mr. Fiske, by occupation a weaver, was admitted a Freeman in 1670: was
chosen deacon of the Congregational Church, of which his uncle, Rev. John Fiske,
was first pastor, in 1679. He also held various public offices, such as clerk,
moderator of the town for many years. He also represented the town of Wenham
for eleven different sessions in the General Court of Massachusetts. Indeed, he
and others of the family, for fifty years consecutively, were the sole representatives
of the town in that body, and until 1720. He inherited to a large extent his
father's ability and worthy character, being deacon of Wenham Church for above
forty years, and died at a good old age, in his 86th year. In his will, dated
1725, and proved 1728, all of his children are mentioned as legatees, except those
who had died previously. But to his sixth son, Ebenezer. who was principal heir
and legatee, and also his immediate successor in the deacon's office, was bequeathed
"the original homestead," which property became by inheritance the residence
also of his grandson. William Fiske, fourth son of Dea. Ebenezer, and remained in
the family until March, 1773, when, upon the removal of said William Fiske to
Amherst, N. H., it was sold to one Wm. Webber. Nothing now remains to mark
the spot but a heap of stones, and the family name becoming extinct in Wenham,
only the venerable slabs in the cemetery are left to bear witness to the fact
that here was the ancestral seat of an ancient and honorable family, whose de-
scendants, widely scattered but still maintaining the high character of their lineage,
constitute today the main body of the Fiskes in America. To this source may be
traced five distinct branches, which in this work are classified as the Amherst,
Upton, Shelburne, Rhode Island and Connecticut lines.
16 FISKE GENEALOGY.
William Fiske, fourth son of Dea. Ebenezer, of Wenham, principal heir of his
estate and sole executor of his will, resided at the ancient homestead in Wenham,
where probably his father, himself and his own children were all born, until the
decease or removal of his own immediate relatives. Of himself personally little
is known, except that in his character and principles he was a staunch Puritan.
And considering that the characteristics of race and parentage stamp the in-
dividual, it would be strange were the case otherwise. His ancestors from a re-
mote period were Puritans or Reformers, a lineage illustrious for their piety and
inflexible virtues. His father and grandfather were successively deacons in the
original Wenham church, for upwards of seventy years; the same ancient church
of which the Rev. John Fiske himself, was the original pastor. More remotely
still the family had been identified with that great reformatory struggle in England,
from which were gathered the rich fruits of a purer faith and constitutional
liberty. Such were the forefathers of William Fiske, and such the ancestral vir-
tues, a goodly measure of which he inherited with his patrimony. That he was
a man of strong religious convictions and most exemplary life is manifest from
the admirable parental discipline by which his children were trained to become
excellent citizens, godly men and women, and enabled to exert a wide and benefi-
cent influence in their day and generation. And in this respect they but bear em-
phatic testimony, alike with other collateral branches, to the strength of that
moral principle which, taking root with the parental stock in Wenham, over two
centuries ago, has marvelously spread and diffused itself, like a spiritual leaven,
through the various descendant and divergent lines, to this day. Mr. Fiske — ta
resume the thread of family history — having been appointed sole executor of Dea.
Ebenezer's will, remained in Wenham long enough to settle the estate and dispose
of the homestead, and various tracts of land, when (in 1773) he removed to Am-
herst, N. H., with his wife Susanna, and nine children, and two daughters-in-law,
Mary Bragg, the wife of their son, Jonathan, and Eunice Nourse, wife of their
son, William. The father, William, Sr., purchased a tract of land on the south side
of Walnut Hill, and there the original homestead of the Amherst Fiskes was
established. Having lived to see his country proclaimed free and independent,
and his family settled in comparative comfort, he died in 1777, in the 52d year of
his age.
Of their sons and daughters, all, except Anna, married, and she and two
others excepted, William and David, remained in Amherst; all eventually removed
and settled elsewhere. Some of them raised large families, and all more or less
prospered in circumstances, and the good esteem of their fellow citizens. Of
them all, it is believed, it may be truly said that their lives were blameless before
God, and their end calm and full of peace. Among the descendants of William
Fiske, Sr., of Amherst, may be mentioned Judge Jonathan Fiske, his son. Hon.
Jonathan Fiske, Hon. William Fiske, Hon. Francis N. Fiske, Rev. Dr. Franklin
W. Fiske, Rev. Dr. L. R. Fiske, Rev. Dr. William Allen Fiske, Rev. A. A.
Fiske, and a long roll of deacons and other church officers.
-^^r^}}^
COLLEGE GRADUATES BY NAME OF FISKE.
Below will be found a list of persons by the name of Fiske and Fisk, who have
graduated at the various colleges in this country:
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, CAMBRIDGE. MASS.— the following is a list
of graduates of Harvard College by the name of Fisk— Fiske. The date at the left
denotes the year of graduation, the letters 1 and m signify Law and Medical
Schools.
FISKE GENEALOGY.
17
Graduates not preceded by a star are supposed to be living at the present time:
FISK.— RESIDENCE.
*i7o8 Samuel. 1849
*i72i Shepard.
*i759 Samuel. 1853
■•■1772 William.
*i8o5 Charles. *i853
*i824 Benjamin Franklin. i860
♦1843 1 Stuart Wilkins.
♦1846 1 Robert Farris. 1861
♦1864 Albert Levi.
1873 Lyman Beecher, Cambridge, 1862
Mass.
1880 m Samuel Augustus, 37 i8th 1863
Ave., Denver, Colo.
*i885 James Lyman. *i863
1886 Frederic Daniell, 32 Quincy St., 1866
Cambridge, Mass.
1889 m Arthur Lyman, 13 West 50th *i868
St., New York City. 1869
*i894 1 Arthur Oilman.
1872
FISKE.
*i662 Moses. 1875
*i702 John.
♦1754 Nathan. 1881
*I774 Abel.
*I785 Thaddeus. *i882
*I787 Oliver. *i882
*I793 Samuel. 1886
*I798 Isaac.
*i8oi Timothy. 1887
*i8i5 John Minot. 1887
*i8i6 Luke. 1890
*i8i8 Robert Treat Paine.
*i8i9 Thomas. 1891
*i825 Augustus Henry.
♦1829 m Calvin Park. 1893
1846 1 Francis Skinner, 98 Federal 1894
Bldg., Boston, Mass.
FISKE.— RESIDENCE.
Charles Carroll, 149 E. 46th St.,
New York City.
Cornelius, 120 Broadway (Room
20), New York City.
Edward.
Charles Henry, 60 Congress St.,
Boston, Mass.
Joseph Emery, Wellesley Hills,
Mass.
George Alfred, Jr., Lombard St.,
Dorchester, Mass.
John, Prof., 22 Berkeley St.,
Cambridge, Mass.
m Eugene Rufus.
Amos Kidder, "'N e w York
Times" Office, New York City.
J. McK. Campbell.
Arthur Irving, 17 Montrose St.,
Roxbury, Mass.
George, Room 5, 60 Congress
St., Boston, Mass.
Andrew, 10 Tremont St., Boston,
Mass.
Fred. Aug. Parker, 44 Cherry St.,
Somerville, Mass.
William Boyd.
1 John Winthrop.
m Eustace Lincoln, 22 Pritchard
St., Fitchburg, Mass.
Edward, Lincoln, Mass.
Robert Francis, Milton, Mass.
Winthrop Edwards, 465 Beacon
St., Lowell, Mass.
George Stanley, 261 Clarendon
St., Boston, Mass.
Charles Henry, Weston, Mass.
George Converse, Lombard St.,
Dorchester, Mass.
YALE COLLEGE, NEW HAVEN, CONN.— The list of graduates by the
name of Fisk and Fiske from this institution is as follows:
FISK.
1743 Samuel, Haddam, Conn.; d. 1749. 1877
1747' Benjamin, Portland, Conn.; d. 1881
1802.
1770 Ichabod E., Georgia; d. 1810 1883
(Rev.).
1817 Ezra, honorary degree (Williams 1883
College, 1809). 1892
1826 Charles B., Staunton, Va.; d. 1866.
1829 William L., New Haven, Conn.; 1704
d. 1834 (M. D.).
1840 Stuart W., Natchez, Miss.; d. 1862. 1793
1844 Robert F., St. Paul, Minn.; d.
1863. 1856
1844 Samuel A., Northampton, Mass.; 1863
d. 1884. 1883
1849 Franklin W.. Chicago (D. D.).
1863 Marcus B.. m. 1883
FISK.
Samuel A., Denver. Colo. (M. D.).
Pliny B., d., Ree Heights, So.
Dak. (Rev.).
Arthur L., New York City (M.
D.).
Henry E., Chicago.
Otis H., Covington. Ky.
FISKE.
Phinehas, Haddam, Conn.; d.
1738.
Moses, honorary degree (Dart-
mouth College, 1786).
John M., Boston, Mass.
John S., Alassio, Italy.
Elisha S., d., Waitsfield, Vt.
(Rev.).
George F., m., Chicago (M. D.).
2
18 FISKE GENEALOGY.
BROWN UNIVERSITY, PROVIDENCE, R. I.— Below will be found all
graduates of the name of Fisk or Fiske. In regard to the abbreviations at the end
of each notice: Nee. stands for Brown University Necrology. P. stands for Per-
sonal. Harvard stands for Harvard University General Catalogue. Newton
stands for Newton Theological Institute General Catalogue. And. stands for An-
dover Theological Seminary General Catalogue. The rest explain themselves.
The degree given is that of Bachelor of Arts unless otherwise marked.
1826— CALVIN PARKE FISKE, M. D.,Harvard, 1829. From Sturbridge,
Mass.; d. 1874- „ . . , ^ . , ^ ,
1825— DAVID WOODWARD FISKE. Prmcipal Frammgham Academy,
1825-26; lawyer, Wrentham, Mass., 1831-36; merchant, Detroit, Mich., 1836-55;
Greenfield, Mich., 1855-71; alderman, Detroit. Born Sturbridge, Mass., Nov. 2,
1801; died Detroit, Mich., July 12, 1871. Nee. 1872
1844— EUGENE RUFUS FISKE; M. D., Harvard University, 1863. Physi-
cian, Scottsburg, Ore., 1849-64; Salem, Ore., 1864-77; one of the founders. Medical
Department, Willamette University; professor Theory and Practice of Medicine
eight years; one of the founders Oregon Medical Society. Editor "Surgical and
Medical Reporter," Oregon. Born Cambridgeport, Mass., June 4, 1817; died
Salem, Ore., Aug. 27, 1877. Harv.. Nee. 1878
1825— -GEORGE FISKE. Theological student, Cambridge, Mass., 1825-26; in
business, Lowell, Mass., 1826-30; teacher, Oswego, N. Y., 1830-32; ordained Epis-
copal, 1832; pastor, Oriskany, N. Y., and Rome, N. Y., 1832-37; home missionary,
Richmond, Ind., 1837-44; pastor St. Paul's Church, Richmond, 1844-55; farmer
and preacher, Richmond, 1855-60. Born Lincoln, Mass., 1804; died Richmond,
Ind., Feb. 24, i860. Nee. 1862
1812— ISAAC FISKE. From Weston, Mass.; died 1813.
1808— JOSIAH JONES FISKE, A. M. From Sturbridge, Mass.; died 1838.
1840— OLIVER FISKE. Graduated Newton Theological Institution, 1843;
not ordained; resident, Tewksbury, Mass. Newt.
1837— OLIVER JOHNSON FISKE. Student Newton Theological Institu-
tion, 1833-35; ordained Baptist, 1837; pastor, Limerock, R. I., 1838-39; teacher,
Stewart's Creek, Tenn.; Robertson County, Tenn.; Nashville, Tenn., two years;
president, Eno College, Gallatin, Tenn., until 1849; pastor various churches. 111.,
until 1873. Born Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 24, 1809; died Crawfordsville, Ind., Jan. 8,
1886. Nee. 1886, Newt.
1803— PHILIP MANCHESTER FISKE. From Scituate, R. I.; died 1828.
1805— AMASA FISK. Lawyer, Dover, Vt. From Upton, Mass.; died Do-
ver, Vt., Mar. 23, 1847. Nee. 1847
1824— CHARLES ROBINSON FISK, A. M. Graduated Andover Theolog-
ical Seminary, 1828; ordained Congregational, 1828; home missionary, 1828-31;
pastor, Holden, Me., 1831-33; Poland, Me., 1834-35; Presbyterian Church, Logan,
Ohio, 1836-?; editor, Galesburg, 111., i849?-5i; pastor, Mendota, 111., 1853-55; resi-
dent, Mendota, 1862-?; editor, Delavan, 111. Born Wrentham, Mass., Oct. 27, 1804;
died Delavan, 111., Dec. 28, 1869. And'
1869, Ph. B.— DANIEL MOSES FISK, A. M., 1876; Ph. D., Finlay College^
Ohio, 1890. Professor Biology, Hillsdale College, 14 years; pastor First Congre-
gational Church, Jackson, Mich., five years; First Church, Toledo, Ohio. Address
2024 Robinwood Ave., Toledo, Ohio. p'
^^^f~^^^^^ FISKE. Student Andover Theological Seminary one year, with
class of 1821; not ordained. From Upton, Mass. Born May 24, 1790; died 1854.
^u ^^2^T,?^^^^^ ^^^^' ^- ^- "^^to^' 1796-99; pastor Congregational
Church, Wrentham, Mass., 1800-51. Born 1770; died Wrentham, Mass., Jan. 11,
1815-WILBUR FISK, A. M.; D. D., 1835; Augusta College, Kentucky? 18^29'
Law student, 1815-17; teacher, near Baltimore, Md., 1816-17; Methodist preacher,
Craftsbury Circuit, Vt, i8i8; Charlestown, Mass., 1819-20; presiding elder Ver-
mont district, 1823-27; delegate Methodist General Conference, 1824, '28, '32- chap-
.Q^^ ^'""'""^-^^^^'fif*",''^' '^^^- principal Wesleyan Academy, Wilbraham, Mass.
wS?P.fn?'M'v ^l^^^y^" University, 1831-39; visitor U. S. Military Academy.
West Point, N. Y., 1832; chaplain Middletown Artillery, 1832-39; delegate Wesley^
an Conference, England, and in Europe, 1835-36; member Connecticut Board of
FISKE GENEALOGY. 19
Education, 1839. Author "Future Rewards and Punishments," 1823; "Sermon on
SpirituaUty and Truth of Divine Worship," 1824; Introductory Address, Wesleyan
Academy," 1825; "Discourse Before the Legislature of Vermont, General Elec-
tion," 1826; "Report of Committee on Education, General Conference," 1828;
"Two Discourses on Universal Salvation," 1829; "Sermon, Mass., General Elec-
tion," 1829; "Discourse on Predestination and Election," 1831; "Science of Educa-
tion, Inaugural Address, Wesleyan University, 1831," 1832; "Substance of a Dis-
course on Death of Rev. Edward Hyde, 1832," 1833; "Address on Traffic in Ardent
Spirits," 1833; "Substance of an Address Before Middletown Colonization Society,"
1835; "Calvinistic Controversy," 1835; "Travels on the Continent of Europe," 1838;
"Reply to Pierpont on the Atonement," 18 — . See "Life by J. Holdich," 1842.
Born Brattleboro, Vt., Aug. 31, 1792; died Middletown, Conn., Feb. 22, 1839.
Wesl., Allibone
1829— ALBERT WILLIAM FISKE. Graduated Andover Theological
Seminary, 1832; ordained Congregational, 1833; pastor, Alfred, Me., 1832-44; Scar-
boro. Me., 1844-48; Houlton, Me., 1848; Upton, Mass., 1849; Kittery, Me., 1850-5?;
Fisherville, now Penacook, N. H., 1857-63; acting pastor. Center Harbor, N. H.^
1864; Boscawen, N. H., 1865; Warner, N. H., 1865; Barnstead, N. H., 1866-68; Gro-
ton, N. H., 1869-71; resident. Penacook, 1863-92. Author of "A New Year Ofifer-
ing." Born Upton, Mass., Jan. 16, 1802; died Penacook, N. H., Dec. 7, 1892.
Cong. yr. bk.. Nee. 1893
1821— HON. CALEB FISKE, M. D. Surgeon Continental Army; physician,
Scituate, R. I.; Justice Court Common Pleas; original member R. I. Medical Society;
president, 1823-24. Born Scituate, R. I., 1753; died Scituate, Sept., 1835. R. I. eye.
AMHERST COLLEGE, AMHERST, MASS.— Following is the list of Fisks
and Fiskes graduated here. Information up to 1871 about those marked * will
be found in Montague's Biographical Record of Amherst Alumni, i vol., 800.
*Rev. Asa S. Fiske, class of 1855; present address, Ithaca, N. Y.
*Pliny Fisk, class of 1840; died in 1872.
*Samuel Fisk, class of 1848; died in 1864.
Frederick A. Fiske, class of 1836; died in 1878.
Warren C. Fiske, class of 1840; died in 1887.
Warren Cooley Fiske, the son of Stephen and Lucina (Thompson)
Fiske, was born at Wales, Mass., Sept. 21, 1816, and was fitted for college at Mon-
son Academy. He was graduated at East Windsor (now Hartford) Theological
Seminary, 1845; was ordained at East Haddam, Conn., May 19, 1847, and was a
home missionary in Wisconsin until 1850, when he became pastor in Marlboro,
Conn. After eight years there he was pastor at Canton Centre, Conn., 1858-61;
and afterward was acting pastor one year at Barkhamstead and at Wolcott, Conn.,
from 1869 to 1872. His health failing, he moved to a farm in Charlton, Mass., in
May, 1872, and from there to Southington, Conn., Sept. 20, 1884, where he died
of consumption, Apr. 17, 1887. Mr. Fiske was married May 19, 1847, to Harriet
M., daughter of Rev. Isaac Parsons, of East Haddam, Conn. Four children.
*Rev. Daniel T. Fiske, class of 1842; present address, 212, High Street, New-
buryport, Mass.
John Winthrop Fiske. From Bath, Me. Class of 1876; present address, 170
Broadway, New York City.
Arthur W. Fiske. From Granby, Mass. Class of 1880; present address, Gran-
by, Mass.
Arthur S. Fiske. Class of 1884; died 1891.
George F. Fiske. From Hyde Park, Mass. Class of 1894; present address,
75 Milton Avenue, Hyde Park, Mass.
George W. Fiske. From Holliston, Mass. Class of 1895; present address.
Theological Seminary, Hartford, Conn.
WILLIAMS COLLEGE. WILLIAMSTOWN, MASS.
FISK, EZRA, M. A. (also Yale, 1817; D. D. Hamilton, 1825), graduated 1809;
born at Shelburne, Mass., 1784; lived at Goshen, N. Y., 1813-1833; died at Phila-
delphia, Dec. 5, 1833.
FISKE, FREDERICK WILLIAM, M. A., graduated 1872; then lived at
Southbridge, Mass., but before 1871 at Hammonton, N. J.; now at 849 Grand Ave.
St. Paul, Minn.
20 FISKE GENEALOGY.
FISKE, CHARLES ALBERT, graduated 1879; res. then Southbridge, Mass.;
now a teacher at St. Paul, Minn.
STUDENTS WHO DID NOT GRADUATE.
FISK, EPHRAIM, class 1827 (graduated at Union College, 1827; died at
Schenectady, N. Y., 1827).
FISK, RICHMOND, JR., class 1858; in college from 1853 to 1855 or 1853; res.
at that time, Hoosick Falls, N. Y.
FISK, ELBRIDGE N., class 1869; in college from 1865 to 1866 or 1867; res.
at that time, New York City.
FISKE, ARTHUR WILMOT, class 1880; in college from 1876 to 1877; res.
at that time, Granby, Mass.
FISKE, ELISHA SMITH, class 1882; in college from 1878 to 1879; res.
at that time, Shelburne, Mass.
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE, HANOVER, N. H.
The list of graduates by the names of Fiske and Fisk from this college are as
follows:
FISK, ALLEN, graduated 1814.
FISK, CYRUS M., HON., graduated 1870; res. Lowell, Mass.
FISK, GEO. A., MED., graduated i860; res. Jesup, la.
FISK,. JOHN B., graduated 1798.
FISK, MARTIN H., graduated 1852; res. Temple, N. H.
FISK, MOSES M., graduated 1802.
FISKE, CHARLES A., graduated 1861 ; res. Greenwich, Conn.
FISKE, FRANCIS S., graduated 1843; res. Boston, Mass., No. 94 P. O. Bldg.
FISKE, JOHN, graduated 1791.
FISKE, MOSES, graduated 1786.
FISKE, NATHAN W., graduated 1817.
ANN ARBOR UNIVERSITY, ANN ARBOR, MICH.
The graduates are as follows in the several departments.
LITERARY DEPARTMENT.
LEWIS RANSOM FISKE, A. B., 1850; A. M., 1853; LL. D., 1879; president
of Albion College, Albion, Mich.
EDWARD DANIEL FISKE. A. B., i860; A. M., 1863; died at Detroit,
Mich., June 7, 1873.
JOSEPH HENRY FISKE (son of L. R. Fiske), A. B., 1877; res. Lead-
ville, Colo. (1890).
HORACE SPENCER FISKE, A. M., 1885; A. B. (Beloit College), 1882.
Chicago. 111. (Chicago University extension lecturer).
GEORGE MYGATT FISK, A. B., 1890; Ashtabula, O.
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.
JOEL H. FISK, M. D., 1857; registered from Oberlin, O.
MELANCTHON H. FISK, M. D., 1866; Wauwatosa, Wis.
LAW DEPARTMENT.
LEONARD FISKE, LL. B.. 1894: Burlington, Vt. (1894).
NON-GRADUATES.
LEWIS ROSS FISKE (son of L. R. Fiske), 1870-73 (Literary); died Sept. 8,
1895.
ORLANDO PORTER FISK. 1863-64 (Law); registered from Rochester,
N. Y.
ROBERT WASHINGTON FISK, 1882-83 (Law); registered from Mel-
rose, 111.
WILBUR WASHINGTON FISK, 1882-83 (Law); registered from Green-
castle, Ind.
JOSEPH BAKER FISK, JR., 1894-95 (Literary); registered from Toledo, O.
PHILLIPS ACADEMY, ANDOVER. MASS.
JOSIAH FISK, aged 17, entered the academy in 1778, the first year of the
institution, hailing from Andover. As a matter of fact, I find by the manuscript
register that he entered on the very first day of the school. He remained in the
school until 1780. He is registered as having died in 1781.
FISKE GENEALOGY. 21
ELBRIDGE FISK entered the school in 1811, aged 12, from Beverly,
Mass., and left it in 1812. He was a merchant in Beverly and died in 1846. I
found the notice of his death in the Salem Register of Dec. 14, 1846, where he
is given the title of "Esq.," and is registered as 47 years old.
AUGUSTUS HENRY FISKE entered in 1821, at the age of 15, to complete
his preparation for college, being from Weston, Mass. He graduated at Harvard
in 1825. He studied law with Hon. Benjamin Rand, Boston, and at Harvard Law
School; was a lawyer of extensive practice in Boston. From 1848 he resided in
Weston. He was son of Isaac Fiske, Register of Probate in Middlesex County,
and Sukey Hobbs.
JOHN LANDON FISKE left middle class June '90 (at P. A. year): res. 139
Oxford St., North Cambridge, Mass.
PIENRY FREEMAN FISKE left middle class in '87 (at P. A. four years).
Cliftondale, Mass.
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, MIDDLETOWN, CONN.
This is the list of Wesleyan graduates (including one non-graduate) of the
name of Fisk. There were none named Fiske:
FISK, EVERETT OLIN. 18^3: 4 Ashburton Place. Boston, Mass.
FISK, HERBERT FRANKLIN, i860; Evanston. 111.
FISK. SEWALL H., 1840 (non-graduate; died Sept. 18, 1862, in hospital,
at Savannah, Ga.
CORNELL UNIVERSITY, ITHACA, N. Y.
No one name Fisk or Fiske has thus far graduated at Cornell University,
though several persons of that name have matriculated at the university and have
pursued studies there. Below are the names of all these persons, with their home
address at the time of their attendance in the university:
EPHRAIM JOHN FISKE, of Lebanon, N. Y.; student in Cornell Uni-
versity 1878-79.
FERDINAND COMSTOCK FISKE, of Maquoketa, la.; student in Cornell
University 1878-79.
CHRISTABEL FORSYTHE FISKE, of Ithaca, N. Y.; student in Cornell
University 1894-96.
JOSEPH BAKER FISK, JR., of Toledo, O. : student in Cornell University
1895-96.
COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY, PRINCETON, N. J.
The following is a list of all of the names of Fiske given in our Alumni Cata-
logues.
FISK, HARVEY, graduate from Hamilton College, 1826: received a de-
gree here in 1830.
FISK, E. W., graduated in 1849; present add. Greencastle, Ind.
FISK, H. E., graduated in 1877; present add. 28 Nassau St., New York City.
FISK, P., graduated in 1881 ; present add. 28 Nassau St., New York City.
FISK, W. C, graduated in i8go.
FISK, C. L., graduated in 1895; home add. Wallingford, Conn.
BELOIT COLLEGE, BELOIT, WIS.
The following is a list of the graduates from this institution:
1876— FRANKLIN L. FISK. M. A., clergyman, Elkader, la.
1878— FRANKLIN P. FISK, prin. N. W. Div. H. School, Chicago, 111.
1880— JOHN P. FISK, JR., real estate dealer, Redlands, Cal.
1881— EDWARD O. FISK, M. A., insurance, Minneaoolis, Minn.
1882— HORACE S. FISKE, M. A.. Lect. Univ. Exten., Univ. Chicago, III.
1885— GEORGE F. FISKE. Sec. Mfg. Co., Chicago, 111.
BOWDOIN COLLEGE, BRUNSWICK, ME.— The only graduate of the
name of Fiske (or Fisk) was Rev. John Orr Fiske. D. D., class of 1837; b. July
13, 1819, Bangor, Me. Pastor at Bath, Me., where he died Dec. 18, 1893.
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.— The only
graduate from this college is Douglas Andrus Fiske, Bachelor of Laws, 1891;
res. Minneapolis, Minn.
TUFTS COLLEGE. ANDOVER, MASS.— Warren Herbert Fiske, 1891; res.
1189 Madison St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
KNOX COLLEGE, GALESBURG, ILL.— Sarah R. Fisk, gr. 1851: Mrs.
Dunn: died i86r.
22 FISKE GENEALOGY.
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, EVANSTON, ILL.— The only gradu-
ate of Northwestern named Fisk is Mrs. Aurora Fisk Zeublin, '90, now abroad.
Her father is Dr. H. F. Fisk, principal of the Academy of N. W. U., Evanston, ill.
DE PAUW COLLEGE, DE PAUW, IND.— The only graduate is Wilbur A.
Fisk, class of 1889, from Richmond, Ind.
PHILLIPS EXETER ACADEMY, EXETER, N. H.
The graduates are as follows:
ABEL FISK, 1797, ae. 13, Wilton, N. H.
ROBT. T. P. FISKE, 1813, ae. 14, Worcester. Mass.; H. U., 1818, A. M., M. D.
SAMUEL PHILLIPS FISK, 1817, ae. 16, Claremont, N. H.; merchant.
ROBT. FARRIS FISK, 1839, ae. 19, Cambridge, Mass.; Yale College, 1844,
A. M., LL. B.; merchant.
SAMUEL AUGUSTUS FISK, 1839, ae. 17, Cambridge; Yale College, 1844,
A. M., M. D. ; physician.
CORNELIUS FISKE, 1849, ae. 19, Lincoln, Mass.; H. U., 1853; lawyer in
New York.
ARTHUR IRVING FISKE, 1862, ae. 14. Holliston, Mass.; H. U., 1869,
A. M.; teacher in Boston.
FRANK WALKER FISKE, 1867, ae. 16, Concord, N. H.; business, Kan-
sas City, Mo.
FRANK WINSLOW FISKE, 1868, ae. 19, Peterboro, N. H.
LEWELLYN EUGENE FISKE, 1869, ae. 16, Peterboro.
ANDREW FISKE, 1869, ae. 15, Boston; H. U., 1875, LL. B.; lawyer,
Weston.
JOHN WINTHROP FISKE, 1872, ae. 15, Bath, Me.; Amh. Coll., 1876;
lawyer.
GEORGE MYGATT FISK, 1886; Ashtabula, O.
IRVING LESTER FISK, 1893; Hoosick Falls, N. Y.
CHARLES NORMAN FISKE, 1894; Upton, Mass.
FISKES AND FISKS IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
During the past few years it has been quite the fad to look up one's Revo-
lutionary ancestors and at once make application for membership in one of
patriotic hereditary societies. Following I give a list of all persons by this name
who actively participated in the struggle for American independence. Three of
this name were killed at the battle of Bunker Hill; another was the Surgeon who
attended the wounded at Lexington.
SOLDIERS FROM MASSACHUSETTS.
Aaron Fisk, private. Daniel Fisk, Upton.
Abel Fisk, first lieuenant, Hopkinton. Daniel FisK, private, Deerfield.
Abel Fisk, chaplain, Pepperell. Daniel Fisk, private, Waltham.
Abel Fisk, fi.:t lieutenant, Sherborn. Oaniel Fisk (and e), surgeon, Oxford.
Abel Fisk, New Salem. Daniel Fisk, private, Pepperell.
Abijah Fisk, sergeant. Daniel Fisk, second lieutenant.
Abijah Fisk, private, Waltham. David Fisk, private.
Abner Fisk, private. Wells, Me. David Fisk, filer.
Abner Fisk, private, Hol.iston. David Fisk (Dr.), private, Lexington.
Abraham Fisk, private. David Fisk, drummer.
Adam Fisk, lieutenant. David Fisk, private, Holden.
Alpheus Fisk, private, Sturbridge. David Fisk, private, Andover.
Amos Fisk, private, Waltham. David Fisk, private, Concord.
Asa Fisk, private, Holliston. David Fisk, drummer, Pepperell.
Benjamin Fisk, privite, Hadley. David Fisk, sergeant. Lincoln.
Benjamin Fisk, corporal, Upton. David Fisk, Jr., Worcester County.
Benjamin Fisk, private, Cambridge. Ebenezer Fisk, private, Deerfield.
Benjamin Fisk, private, Tewksbury. Ebenezer Fisk, lieutenant.
Benjamin Fisk, private, Andover. Eleazer Fisk, private, Dunstable.
Benjamin Fisk, private, Southbor- Elijah Fisk, corporal, Natick.
ough. Eisha Fisk, private, Hampshire Coun-
Benjamin Fisic, private, Lexington. ty.
Benjamin FisK, private, Groton. Enoch Fisk, private, Needham.
Charles Fisk, private, Hull. Experience Fisk, corporal, Partridge-
Charles Fisk, private. field (Peru).
FISKE GENEALOGY.
23
Halloway Fisk, private, Mendon.
Henry Fisk, private.
Hezekiah Fisk, private, Brimfield.
J. Fisk, captain.
Jacob Fisiv, private.
James Fisk, sergeant.
James Fisk, Greenwich.
James Fisk, private, Holden, N. H.
James Fisk, sergeant, Worcester.
Jonathan Fisk, sergeant, Holden.
Joseph Fisk (and e), surgeon's mate,
later surgeon.
Joseph Fisk (Dr.), (possibly same as
above), Lexington.
Joseph Fisk, first lieutenant.
Joseph Fisk, sergeant, Ipswich.
Joseph Fisk, private.
Joshua Fisk, private. Providence.
Joshua Fisk, captain, Natick.
Josiah Fisk, private, Hollis, N. H.
Josiah Fisk, private.
Jason FisK, private, Barre.
Jeremiah Fisk, lieutenant.
John Fisk (and e), ^superintendent of
sloop "Tyiannieide;" later com-
mander of Brig. "Massachusetts."
John Fisk, private. Wells. Me.
John Fisk, seaman on ''Winthrop."
John Fisk, private, Danvers.
John Fisk, corporal, Groton.
fohn Fisk, private, Littleton or West-
ford.
John Fisk (and e), captain. Framing-
ham.
John Fisk, Sherborn.
Jonas Fisk, private, Sherborn.
Jonathan Fisk, Billercia.
Jonathan Fisk, lieutenant, Weston. -
Jonathan Fisk, captain, Weston.
Jonathan Fisk, private, Tewksbury.
Jonathan Fisk, Brimfield. ,
Jonathan Fisk, corporal, Wenham. -i
Jonathan Fisk, gunner.
Jonathan Fisk, on board sloop "Provi-
dence."
Levi (or y) Fisk, private.
Luther Fiske, private.
Moses Fisk, private, Needham.
Moses Fisk, second lieutenant.
Moses Fisk, corporal, Framingham.
Nathan Fisk, private, Holliston.
Nathan Fisk, private, Northfield.
Nathan Fisk, Gageborough or Par-
tridgefield.
Nathan Fisk, private, Sturbridge.
Nathaniel Fisk, Uxbridge.
Nathaniel Fisk, private, Topsfield.
Olivier Fisk, private.
-Patrick Fisk, private, Falmouth.
Peter Fisk, private, Groton.
Peter Fisk, private, Westford.
Peter Fisk, corporal.
Pomp (y) Fisk, private, Lexington.
Reuben Fisk, private, Groton.
Richard Fisk, captain, Framingham.
Robert Fisk, private, Woburn.
Robert Fisk, private, Lexington.
Robert Fisk (and e), sergeant.
Rufus Fisk, private, Stafford, Conn.
Samuel Fisk, sergeant, Weston.
Samuel Fisk, sergeant, Templeton.'^
Samuel Fisk, private, Rutland.
Samuel Fisk, private, Topsfield.
Samuel Fisk (and e), private, Swanzey.
Samuel Fisk, Jr., private, Shelburne.
Seth Fisk, Abington.
Simeon Fisk (and e), private, Shirley.
Simeon Fisk, private, Sturbridge.
Stephen Fisk (and e), private, Green-
wich.
Sylvanus Fisk, Partridgefield.
Thaddeus Fisk, private, Pembroke.
Thomas Fisk, private, Newton.
Thomas Fisk (and e), private. Par-
tridgefield.
Thomas Fisk, corporal, Pepperell.
Wainwright Fisk, Pepperell.
William Fisk, Greenwich.
William Fisk, second lieutenant.
William Fisk, first lieutenant.
William Fisk, Upton.
Zedekiah Fisk, corporal, Shutesbury.
Zadoc Fisk, Shutesbury.
Also the name is given under the
Fisks of Daniel Fisket, private, Nana-
guagus.
RECORD OF CONNECTICUT MEN IN THE WAR OF THE REVOLU-
TION.
Page 26, Jonathan Fisk, 10 days, town of Windham, Windham County.
Page 26, David Fisk, 18 days, town of Windham, Windham County.
Page 26, David Fisk, Jr., 17 days, town of Windham, Windham County.
Page 617, David Fisk, private in Capt. Wale's Co.; Col. Jeremiah Mason's Regt.
of militia.
Page 663, Eunice Fisk, census of pensions, 1840.
Page 284, Isaac Fisk, Sergeant Major, Southington; appointed Sergeant Apr. 20,
1777; promoted to Sergeant Major in 1780.
Page 631, Isaac Fisk, Sergeant Major, Lamb's Continental Artillery; promoted
Lieutenant, Jan. 26, 17S1.
Page 40, John Fisk, private Third Co., First Regt. (Gen. Wooster's), 1775; en-
listed May 14, 1775; discharged Dec. 10. 1775.
24 FISKE GENEALOGY.
Page 115, John Fisk, Ensign; appointed Apr. 15, 1776; resigned Oct. 2, 1776; Capt.
Parmelee's Co.
Page 222, John Fisk, private, Warner's Co.; enlisted Apr. 15, 1777; discharged
Oct. 23, 1777.
Page 100, Rufus Fisk, private; Revolutionary rolls, Pension Office; Capt. Gallup's
Co., Parson's Regt., Nov. 6, 1776.
Page 504, Rufus Fisk, Corporal, Capt. Hewitt's Co., Col. Latimer's Regt., militia
at Saratoga, 1776; paid from Aug. 24, to Nov. 7, 1777.
Page 210, Samuel Fisk, private, Kirtland's Co.; enlisted May 8, 1777; deserted July
I, 1780; Sixth Regt. Connecticut Line; paid to 1780.
Page 534, Samuel Fisk, Corporal, Capt. Wheeler's Co., Col. Chapman's Regt., 1778;
entered service, Aug. 3; discharged Sept. 12.
NEW YORK LINE. NEW YORK STATE ARCHIVES.
Page 245, Fisk, Isaac, Sergeant in Capt. John Brown's Co.; enlisted in spring of
1777; appointed Sergeant Major, 1779; Second Lieutenant, June 29,
1781; resigned for family reasons, July 14, 1782; A. P. 21-153; South-
ingtorv, Hartford Co., Conn.
Page 372, Fisk, Abraham, private, Yates' Regt., Hadlock's Co.
Page 372, Fisk, Joseph, private, Van Renssalaer's Regt., Turner's Co.
Page 372, Fisk, William, private, Van Renssalaer's Regt., Turner's Co.
Page 372, Fisk, Wm., private, Graham's Regt., Lansing's Co.
RHODE ISLAND IN 1776. 352 PAGES.
Page 23, Fisk, Squire, Ensign of Sixth Co. (Capt. Barton's), Col. Richmond's
Regt., Oct., 1775.
Page 24, Fisk, Squire, Lieutenant.
Page 36, Fisk, Benjamin, private in Capt. Martin's Co., Col. Lippel's Regt.. Sept.,
1776.
NEW HAMPSHIRE REVOLUTIONARY ROLLS. VOL. I.
Page 564, Fisk, Cato, private; enlisted from Epping in Capt. Rowel's Co., Fourth
Militia Regt., 1777.
Page 301, Fisk, David, private in Capt. Timothy Clement's Co., Col. David Gil-
man's Regt., Apr. 15, 1776; paid £2, 0, 0, Apr. 9, 1776.
Page 391, Fisk, David, private; mustered in Sept. 19, 1776; same company and
regiment as above.
Page 487, Fisk, David, private; pay 40 shillings, commenced Dec. 7, 1776; same
company and regiment as above.
Page 509, Fisk, David, private; paid £2,0,0, Jan. 14, 1777; same company and
regiment as above.
Page 513, Fisk, David, private; paid £2,0,0, from Jan. 7, to Feb. 7, 1777; same
company and regiment as above.
Page 304, Fisk, Ephraim, private in Capt. Joshua Abbott's Co-, Fifth Regt., Apr.,
1776 Report.
Page 306, Fisk, Ephraim, private in Capt. Joshua Abbott's Co.; paid Feb. and
Mar., 1776; signed by mark.
Page 465, Fisk, Eprafaim, private in Capt. Joshua Abbott's Co.; paid Nov. 5, for
Oct., 1776.
Page 2>Zy Fisk, James, private in Capt. Reuben Pow's Co. of Minute Men who
marched from Holies, Apr. 19, 1775.
Page 2)2>, Fisk, Josiah, private in Capt. Reuben Pow's Co. of Minute Men who
marched from Holies, Apr. 19, 1775.
Page 346, Fisk, Josiah, fifer in Capt. Daniel Emerson's Co., Col. Wingate's Regt.,
July, 1776; paid $10,6,0.
Page 25, Fisk, Jonathan, private in Capt. Marston's Co., at Crown Point, Sept.
30, 1762.
Page 6, Fisk, Mashon, private in Col. Sir Charles Hobby's Regt., Oct. 10, 1710, to
Oct. 10, 1711.
Page 566, Fisk, Solomon, private in Capt. Livermore's Co., Col. Thomas Stick-
ney's Regt., 1777.
Page 630, Fiske, Cato, private from Epping, in Capt. Wm. Rowell's Co., Col. Na-
than Hale's Regt., Mar. 4; paid £26,0,0, Mar. 4, 1778.
Page 244, Fiske, David, private in Capt Taylor's Militia Co., Dec. 8, 1775.
FISKE GENEALOGY. 25
Page 653, Fiske, Solomon, private, Mar., 1777; muster roll of Capt. Daniel Liver-
more's Co., Col. Alexander Scammel's Regt.
VOLUME 2.
Page 224, Fisk, Aron, private; discharged Sept. 23, 1777; paid £15,6,0; pay roll
of Capt. Kimball Carlton's Co., Gol. Moses Nichol's Regt.
his
Page 451, Cato X Fisk, private, Col. Folsom's Battalions; from Eppin, Feb. 26,
mark.
.^778.
Page 725, Fisk, Cato, private Eighth Co., Second Regt., commanded by Col. Geo.
Reid.
Page 207, Fisk, Ebenezer, private in Capt. James Ford's Co., Col. Moses Nichol's
Regt.; discharged Sept. 19, 1777.
his
Page 664, Eleazer X Fisk, Jr., private; mustered July 2"], 1779, in Col. Nichol's
mark.
Regt.; enlisted from Dunstable.
Page- 671, Fisk, Eleazer, Jr., private; mustered July 27, 1779, in Col. Nichol's Regt.;
enlisted from Dunstable.
Page 186, Fisk, Ephraim, private in Capt. Peter Kimball's Co., Col. Thos.
Stickney's Regt.; discharged Sept. 25, 1777.
Page 671, Fisk, Ephraim, Jr., private in Capt. Peter Kimball's Co., Col. Thos.
Stickney's Regt.; discharged Sept. 25, 1777.
Page 129, Fisk, Ephraim, Jr., private; discharged July 12, 1777; paid ii, 18,4, Col.
Thos. Stickney's Regt.
Page 743-4, Fisk, James, private in Capt. Reuben Dow's Co., Col. Wm. Prescott's
Regt.; died of disease at Cambridge, May 29, 1775.
Page 87, Fisk, Josiah, private; discharged July 14, 1777, in Capt. Dan. Emerson's
Co., Col. Nichol's Regt.
Page 510, Fisk, Josiah, private; discharged Aug. 28, 1778, in Capt. Dan. Emerson's
Co., Col. Nichol's Regt.
Page 743, Fisk, Josiah, private in Capt. Reuben Dow's Co., Col. Wm. Prescott's
Regt.
Page 211, Fisk, Simeon, private; discharged Sept. 28, 1777, in Capt. John Goss'
Co., Captain (^4) Nichol's Regt.; paid £12,7,9.
Page 609, Fisk, Solomon, private, enlisted for nine months in Capt. Livermore's
Co., Col. Thomas Stickney's Regt.
Page 677, Fiske, Eleazer, private; discharged Jan. 13, 1780, in Major Dan Rey-
nold's Co., Col. Hercules Mooney's Regt.
Page 729, Fiske, Solomon, private Fourth Co., Third Regt., commanded by Col.
Alexander Scammel.
VOLUME 3.
Pafifc 539, Fisk, Amos, private; an account for supplies, in, 15, 4.
Page 207, Fisk, Cato, private Eighth Co., Second Regt., commanded by Col. Geo.
Reid, for 1780, from Epping.
Page 227, Fisk, Cato, private Third Co. (Capt. Wm. Rowell's Co.), Second Regt,
commanded by Col. Geo. Reid, for 1781.
Page 275, Fisk, Cato, private Eighth Co., Second Regt., commanded by Col. Geo.
Reid, for 1781.
Page 505, Fisk. Cato, private from Epping; from record of town returns.
Page 644-5, Fisk, Cato, private from Epping; from record of town returns.
Page 113, Fisk, Eleazer, private; enlisted July 9, 1780, in Capt. James Aiken's Co.,
Col. Thos. Bartlett's Regt.
Page 635, Fisk, Eleazer, private; Aug. 31, 1779, paid £39,0,0; Dunstable town
records.
Page 105, Fisk, Epheram, private, Capt. Kinsman's return, Concord, July 11, 1780.
Page 148, Fisk. Ephraim, private: discharged Oct. 25, 1780, in Capt. Webster's
Co.. Col. Nichol's Regt.
Page 479, Fisk, Dr. Joseph, Surgeon.
Page 84, Fisk, Nathan, private: discharged Dec. 13, 1780; Dunstable; from pay
roll for recruits, etc.
Page 91, Fisk, Nathan, private, aged 16. (Probably in 1780.)
26 FISKE GENEALOGY.
Page 31, Fisk, Solomon, private; enlisted Mar. 22, 1777, in Capt. Daniel Livver-
more's Co.; died Aug. 10, 1778.
Page 23, Fisk, Solomon, private; enlisted Mar. 22, 1777, in Capt. Daniel Livver-
more's Co.; died Aug. 10, 1778.
Page 59, Fisk, Solomon, private; paid $6.60; original of this item in possession
of Wm. P. Fiske, of Concord, N. H., 1887.
VOLUME 4.
Page 339, Fisk, Eleazer, Jr., private; enlisted from Dunstable, July 27, 1779, in
Fifth Regt.
Page 312, Lieutenant Fisk, mentioned in letter of Col. Bedel to Gen. Gates, dated
Haverhill, Jan. 13, 1778.
WORCESTER COUNTY HISTORY, MASS. Volume 2.
Page 114, Town of Sturbridge, Simeon Fiske, Nathan Fiske and Joshua Fiske.
Page 904, Upton, Wm. Fisk, a selectman and treasurer in 1779.
Page 909, Upton, Wm. Fisk, First Lieutenant, Company of Capt. Robert Taft.
Regt. of Col. Silas Wheelock.
Page 909, Upton, Daniel Fisk, private Company of Capt. Robert Taft, Regt. of
Col. Silas Wheelock.
Page 910, Upton, Daniel Fisk, private Company of Capt. Robert Taft, in 1777.
Page 910, Upton, Nathaniel Fisk, private Company of Capt. Thomas Marshal
Baker, 1779; service at Hudson River; Regt. of Col. James Denney.
Page 911, Upton, Jacob Fisk, in July, 1780, at R. L, Capt. Thos. Marshal Baker's
Co., Col. Nathan Tyler's Regt.
Page 1202, Rutland furnished 103 men, among them is a Jacob Fisk.
Page 1391, Holden, David Fiske, an assessor in 1777-78 and '80.
Essex County History, 2 vols., of over 1,900 pages, fo«.id not a single item in re-
gard to a Fisk or Fiske.
Plymouth County History, 2 vols., of over 1,200 pages, not a single item found
concerning a Fisk or Fiske.
NORFOLK CO. HISTORY (1884).
Page 524, Needham, June 6, 1780, Moses Fisk one of a committee on legislative
business.
Page 855, Brookline, Thomas Fisk (of Newtown), private in Capt. Timothy
Corey's Co., Col. Baldwin's Regt., Aug. i, 1775.
Page 856, Brookline, Enoch Fisk, private in Capt. Thos. White's Co., Col. Will-
iam Heath's Regt., Apr. 19, to May 12, 1775 or 6.
Bristol County History (1883-6), over 800 pages, no mention of any Fisk or
Fiske.
Berkshire County History (1885), 2 vols., of over 1,400 pages.
Page 188, Adams, Ebenezer Fisk.
Page 196, Lanesborough, Isaac Fisk.
Page 201, Peru. Experians Fisk, Sylvanus Fisk, Thomas Fisk.
No companies, regiments or service is given of the Berkshire Co. Rev. soldiers,
their names are merely copied from the records at Boston, Mass.
HISTORY OF CONNECTICUT VALLEY (1879).
Page 69, William Fisk, of Greenwich, Hampshire Co., a minute man in a company
commanded by Second Lieutenant Thomas Weekes, Col. Elijah IVji*
ter's Regt.
Page 658, Vol. 2, Nathan Fisk, of Northfield, Franklin Co., minute man at J^ev-
ington, in Capt. Eldad Wright's Co.
Page 749, Jonathan Fisk, of Coleraine, Franklin Co., at Lexington, in Capt. Hu^h
McLellan's Co., Col. Sam. William's Regt.
Page 783, Zedekiah Fisk, recorded with six other men as Revolutionary sohiiers
from Wendall, Franklin Co., Mass.
Page 1003, Jonathan Fisk, a resident of Broomfield, Hampden Co.
Page 1073, Asa Fisk, of Wales, Hampden Co., was one of a committee to inspect,
was probably a minute man; an Asa Fisk of this town was a Captain
in the Shay Rebellion.
_ FROM THE HISTORY OF MIDDLESEX CO., MASS. 3 Vols. (1890).
Vol. 2, Page 621, David Fiske, of Lincoln (a minute man in 177,5), was Sergeant
in Capt. William Smith's Co., Col. Abijah Pierce's Regt.
FISKE GENEALOGY. 27
Vol. 3, Page 229, Wainwright Fisk, of Pepperell, was at Concord; he was a pri-
vate in Capt. Nutting's Co., Col. Wm. Prescott's Regt.
Vol. 3, Page 233, Wainwright Fisk, of Pepperell, killed at Bunker Hill, aged 24
years.
Vol. 3, Page 297, Jonathan Fisk, of Tewksbury, was a Revolutionary soldier.
Vol. 3, Page 297, Benjamin Fisk, of Tewksbury, was a Revolutionary soldier.
Vol. 3, Page 721, Abijah Fisk, in Waltham's Co. of minute men, Apr., 1775; also
in Capt. Abraham Pierce's Co., Col. Thos. Gardner's Regt.
Vol. 3, Page 721, Amos Fisk, in Waltham's Co. of minute men, Apr., 1775.
Vol. 3, Page 721, Also both names in muster roll of (Oct. 6, 1775,) Capt. Abijah
Child's Thirty-seventh Regt. of Foot, commanded by Lieu-
tenant Colonel William Bond.
Also same names, in 1778, in the "Eight Months' Company."
Vol. 3, Page 784, Abner Fisk, a selectman of Hopkinton, in 1782; Lieutenant Abel
Fisk a selectman in 1784.
FROM RHODE ISLAND IN 1776. A volume of 352 pages.
Page 2S, Ensign Squire Fisk, October, 1775, Sixth Co. (Capt. Barton's), Col.
Richmond's Regt.
Page 24, Lieutenant Squire Fisk, in Continental pay.
Page 36, Private Benjamin Fisk, September, 1776, Capt. Martin's Co., Col. Lip-
pel's Regt.
FROM "NEW YORK STATE ARCHIVES. NEW YORK IN THE REVO^
LUTION." 638 pages.
Page 24s, Fisk, Isaac, Sergeant, Capt. John Brown; enlisted spring of 1777; ap-
pointed Sergeant Major, 1779; Second Lieutenant, June 29, 1781; re-
signed for family reasons, July 14, 1782. A. P. 21-153, Southington,
Hartford County, Conn.
Page 372, Fisk, Abraham, private Yates' Regt., Hadlock's Co.
Page 372, Fisk, Joseph, private Van Renssalaer's Regt., Turner's Co.
Page 372, Fisk, William, private Van Renssalaer's Regt., Tqrner's Co.
Page 372, Fisk, Wm., private Graham's Regt., Lansing's Co.
FROM HEITMAN'S HIST. REGISTER OF OFFICERS OF THE CON-
TINENTAL ARMY, 1775-1783.
Page 176, Fisk, Joseph (Mass.). Second Lieutenant, Twelfth Continental Infantry,
Jan. I. to Dec. 31, 1776; Surgeon's mate, First Massachuset*^s. Jan. i,
1777: Surgeon. Apr. 17, 1779, and served to close of war. (Died Sept.
25, 1827.)
Page 176, Fisk, Squire (R. I.), Ensign of Richmond's R. I. State Regiment,
Nov. I, 1775. to Apr., 1776.
Page 176, Fisk, Thomas (Mass.), Second Lieutenant of Learned's Massa-
chusetts Regiment, May, 1775 .
Page 176, Fisk, William (R. I.), Lieutenant of Elliott's Regiment. R. I. State
Artillery, Dec. 12. 1776, to June, 1777.
Page 176, Fiske, Daniel (R. I.), Ensign of Tollman's R. I. State Regiment,
Dec. 12, 1776, to June, 1777.
"The Official Register of the Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revolu-
tionary War." By Adjt. Gen, Wm. b. Stryker, 1872. 878 pages.
"Safifel's Records of the Revolutionary War," 555 pages; 1894 edition, page
419, Fisk, Joseph, Surgeon, Massachusetts.
An alphabetical list of all Revolutionary War pensioners of the name of Fisk
or Fiske that could be found in the lists of 1820 and 1835; the Census Report of 1840,
and the "Rejected and Suspended Claims," of 1850:
Abijah Fisk, Middlesex Co,. Mass.; died March 14 1833.
Abner Fisk, York Co., Me.; 79 years old in 1835.
Abner Fisk, Oneida Co., N. Y. ; 79 years old in 1835.
Abner Fisk, Westport, Essex Co., N. Y. ; 81 years old in 1840.
Abner Fisk, Lee, Oneida Co., N. Y.; 86 years old in 1840.
Mrs. Abigail F., Sturbridge, Worcester Co., Mass.; from rejected and suspended
■claims, 1850. Widow.
Amey Fisk, Cumberland, Providence Co,, R, I.: 79 years old in 1840.
Artemas Fisk, Newport Co.. R- I. ; 74 years oi«a in 1835.
28 FISKE GENEALOGY.
Mrs. Betsey Fisk, Framingham, Middlesex Co., Mass., 8i years old in 1840.
Widow.
Cato Fisk, Rockingham Co., N. H.; 64 years old in 1835.
Daniel Fisk, Worcester Co., Mass.; 78 years old in 1835.
David Fisk, Hillsborough Co., N. H.; 70 years old in 1835.
David Fisk, Amherst, Hillsborough Co., N. H.; 83 years old in 1840.
David Fisk, Middlesex Co., Mass.
David Fiske, private and drummer, Middlesex Co., Mass., TZ years old in 1835.
Ephraim Fisk, Merrimack Co., N. H.; 70 years old in 1835.
Ephraim Fisk, Hopkinton, Merrimack Co., N. H.; 81 years old in 1840.
Mrs. Eunice F. Chaplain, Windham Co., Conn.; 86 years old in 1840. Widow.
Experians Fisk, Orleans Co., Vt. ; died June 2, 1825.
Jacob Fisk, Worcester Co., Mass.; 71 years old in 1835.
Jacob Fisk, Windsor, Berkshire Co., Mass. ; "j"] years old in 1840.
James Fisk, Franklin Co., Vt. ; 70 years old in 1835.
James Fiske, Swanton, Franklin Co., Vt.; 'J^ years old in 1840.
John Fisk, private and seaman, Worcester Co., Mass.; "jz years old in 1835.
John Fisk, Genesee Co., N. Y. ; 71 years old in 1835.
John Fisk, Attica, Genesee Co., N. Y. ; 79 years old in 1840.
Jonathan Fisk, Otsego Co., N. Y. ; "]"] years old in 1835.
Jonathan Fisk, Warren Co., N. Y. ; "]•] years old in 1835.
Mrs. Johanna F., Brookfield, Madison Co., N. Y.; from rejected and suspend-
ed claims, 1850. Widow of John Fisk.
Joseph Fisk, Surgeon, Middlesex Co., Mass.
Joseph Fisk, Sergeant, Massachusetts.
Mrs. Mehitable Fisk, Freedom, Cattaraugus Co., N. Y.; from rejected and
suspended claims, 1850. Widow of Jonathan Fisk.
Nathan Fiske, Middlesex Co., Mass.; 74 years old in 1835.
Nathan Fisk, Dunstable, Hillsborough Co., N. H.; did not serve six months;
from rejected and suspended claims.
Noah Fisk, Providence Co., R. I.; 81 years old in 1835.
Mrs. Ruth Fiske, Brookfield, Orange Co., Vt. ; 89 years old in 1840. Widow.
Samuel Fisk, Ostego, Ostego Co., N. Y.; a deserter; from rejected and
suspended claims, 1850.
Seberry Fisk, Hampden Co., Mass.; 74 years old in 1835.
Stephen Fisk, private and Sergeant, Windsor Co., Vt. ; 75 years old in 1835.
Stephen Fisk, Royalton, Orange Co., Vt. ; 82 years old in 1840.
Thomas Fisk, Sergeant, Genesee Co., N. Y. ; died Nov. 19, 1828.
William Fisk, Windsor Co., Vt.
Zedekiah Fisk, Wendall, Franklin Co., Mass.; ^6 years old in 1840.
FISKE GENEALOGY.
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SECOND.
SUSPENDED AND KF"":TED CLAIMS, 1850.
Name. '^,,.«. County. Remarks.
N. H. Rec, p. 16.
Nathan Fiske Dunstable ..Hillsborough .Did not serve six months.
Mass. Rec, p. 61.
Abigail Fiske, wid. of Nathan
Fiske Sturbridge . . Worcester Did not serve six months.
N. Y. Rec, p. 96.
Samuel Fisk Otsego Ostego .
N. Y. Rec, p. 156.
Mehitable Fisk, wid. of Jona-
than Fisk Freedom . . . Cattaraugus . . Married long after service;
not a widow July 7, 1838,
N. Y. Rec, p. 162. and died before August
Joanna Fisk, widow of John 16, 1842.
Fisk Brookfield . . Madison Suspended for proof of serv-
ice from N. H. Rec.
THIRD.
FROM THE CENSUS OF PENSIONERS, 1840, PRINTED IN 1841.
Name of head of
family where
pensioner r e -
Name. Age. Town. County. sided June 1, '40. Remarks.
N. H. Rec, p. 18.
Ephraim Fisk 81 . . Hopkinton .
N. H. Rec, p. 18.
Ephraim Fisk 81 . . Hopkinton. . . Merrimack Ephraim Fisk, jr.
P. 20.
David Fisk 83. .Amherst Hillsboro'gDavid Fisk, 3d.
P. 26.
William Fisk 52. .Dalton Coos William Fisk. He must be a son
Mass. Rec, p. 33. * of a Rev. soldier.
Jacob Fisk 77 . . Windsor Berkshire. . Jacob Fisk.
P. 34.
Zedekiah Fisk 76 . . Wendal Franklin. . . Zedekiah Fisk.
P. 36.
Seberry Fisk 79. .W. Hampton. Hampshire.
Mass. Rec, p. 38,
David Young 84..Athol Worcester. Moses Fisk. A. Fisk in 2d
P. 41. column.
Betsey Fisk 81. .Framingham. Middlesex. Joseph Ballard.
P. 44.
Lucy Stodder 82. .Fifth ward.. .Boston .. .Susan Fisk. Fisk name in
R. I. Rec, p. 46. last column.
Amey Fisk 79. .Cumberland. ProvidenceAmey Fisk.
Con. Rec, p. 57.
Eunice Fisk 86. .Chaplain Windham .Eunice Fisk.
Vt. Rec, p. 52.
James Fiske .97. .Swanton Franklin . .James Fisk.
P. 63.
Ebenezer Fisk 53. .Groton Caledonia. .Ebenezer Fisk. Must be a son
P. 65 of a Rev. soldier.
Ruth Fiske 87. .Brookfield. . .Orange Artemas Fiske.
P. 70.
Stephen Fisk 82. .Royalton .. . .Orange. . . .Stephen Fisk.
N. Y. Rec, p. 76.
Fisk Durand 74. . Westfield . . .Chatauqua. Fisk Durand. Prob. immedi-
P. 80. ate desc. of Fisk.
Abner Fisk 81. . Westport. . . .Essex Ashael Havens.
P. 82.
John Fisk 79. .Attica Genesee. . .John Fisk.
P. 89.
Abner Fisk 86. .Lee Oneida Alvin Walker.
32
FISKE GENEALOGY.
The following copy from the Pension Office at Washington, shows how the
records are kept:
O. W. & N. Division.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
F. S. Bureau of Pensions, M. E. C.
Washington, D. C, March 26, 1894.
Madam : —
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Zedekiah
Fisk, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you will please find below the desired in-
formation as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this
Bureau.
Dates of
Enlistment or
Appointment.
June, 1780...
August, 1781
May, 1782...
June, 1783 . .
Length
of Service.
6 months.
2 months.
1 year.
1 year.
Rank.
Pvt.
Pvt.
Pvt.
Pvt.
Officers Under Whom Service Was Rendered.
Captain.
Josiah Smith.
Conant.
Burnham.
Potter.
Colonel.
Marshall.
Sears.
Jackson.
American Regiment,
State.
Mass.
Mass.
Mass.
Battles engaged in. None mentioned.
Residence of soldier at enlistment. Town not stated.
Date of application for pension. September 15, 1818.
Residence at date of application. Wendell, Massachusetts.
Age at date of application. Fifty-five years.
Remarks:
Very respectfully,
Wm. Lochren, Commisioner.
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34 FISKE GENEALOGY.
SOMETHING OF THE ENGLISH
AND AMERICAN FISKES.
(By Rev. Thaddeus Fiske, of North Cambridge, Mass.)
The most remote ancestors of the Fiske family that have come to our knowl-
edge lived in a village or parish of St. James, in the County of Suffolk, England,
in the reign of Queen Mary, in the sixteenth century.
There were six brothers, three were Papists and three were Protestants.
Their ancestors, parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents, as far as history
gives an account, are said to have been eminently pious and religious people.
Those of Protestant religion were grievously persecuted. Oi.e of them, to avoid
being burned at the stake, was hid many months in a wood-pile, and afterward
half a year in a cellar where he worked by candle light at manufactures and
remained undiscovered. But his many hardships shortened his life. In 1637 four
of his children, two sons and two daughters, in consequence of the persecuting
spirit of that day, left their home and came over to New England and took up
their abode in Salem. John was the eldest of the four, and his father at his death
committed to him the charge of his mother, two sisters and youngest brother.
John had been educated at Immanuel College, England, and became a preacher of
the Gospel, but on account of his non-conformity, being advised by his friends,
he relinquished the ministry and turned his attention to the study of medicine,
and obtained license for public practice as a physician. On arriving at Salem,
however, he recommenced the work of the ministry, his favorite pursuit. He was v.
both a preacher of the Gospel and tutor and instructor to divers young \
men in Salem, and was also employed as a physician whenever he would consent. '->
Their mother died before they arrived in New England. They came well provided
with servants and all sorts of tools for husbandry and carpentry, and with provis-
ions for their support for three years, out of which they helped others, whom they
found in want and distress. They remained together at Salem about three years.
John then went to a new village in Salem, called Wenham, where he gathered a
church and congregation, and continued their pastor about fourteen years. About
the end of the year 1655 he removed to a town called Chelmsford, where he
lived the greater part of his days. He died Jan. 14, 1676, aged seventy-five.
He left four children, two sons and two daughters. John lived with his father
in Chelmsford and was a very useful and respected citizen. Moses was brought
up at school, graduated at Harvard University in 1662; was settled in the ministry
at Braintree. On the 14th of February, 1671, the wife of Rev. John Fiske died,
which was the greatest of all his trials and afflictions. She was endeared to him
by forty-three years of mutual care and toil, affection and piety. By her incom-
parable knowledge of the Scriptures she became his concordance of the Bible and
he needed no other. She could refer him to any passage of the Scripture that he
wished to find, "fhe youngest brother of John Fiske who came over with him
settled in Watertown and was mechanic or farmer. His name probably was
Nathan, for mention is made in Watertown records of Nathan Fiske there in 1664
and of Nathan Fiske, Jr., in 1728, who was representative of the town. Nathan,
the son of the above named Nathan Fiske, went from Watertown and settled at
Weston. He was the grandfather of Rev. Thaddeus Fiske, of West Cambridge.
On Oct. 9 he married Anna Warren, by whom he had three children: Anna,
Nathan and Sarah. Having lost his wife he married, Feb. 21, 1738, for his second
wife widow Mary Fiske, of Sudbury, by whom he had seven children, namely:
Jonathan, Ezra, Samuel, Thaddeus, Mary, Hepzibeth and Nathan, the eldest, who
graduated at Harvard in 1754 and was settled in the ministry in Brookfield. It
appears that the name of Nathan was uniformly given to the firstborn son, a
practice transmitted from generation to generation. Jonathan married Abigal
Fiske, of Waltham, Mar. 10, 1760, by whom he had nine children: Nathan, Thad-
deus, Micah, Ebenezer, Abigal, Jonathan (who died in infancy), Jonathan, Abigal
and Isaac. Among the descendants of Nathan there are eight who have received
collegiate educations, seven Hummis of Harvard University, one of Dartmouth
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College, namely, ist, Nathan Fiske, D. D., his eldest son, minister of Brookfield,
graduated 1754; 2d, Thaddeus Fiske, his grandson, son of Jonathan Fiske, minister
of West Cambridge, graduated 1785; 3d, Oliver, M. D., his grandson, son of
Nathan Fiske, D. D., physician of Worcester, graduated 1787; 4th, Samuel, A. M.,
his grandson, son of Nathan Fiske, D. D., trader in Claremont, N. H., and alter-
nately senator and representative to the general court, graduated 1793; Isaac, A.
M., his grandson, son of Jonathan, register of probate court in the county of Mid-
dlesex, graduated 1798; 6th, Nathan W. Fiske, A. M., his grandson, son of Nathan,
son of Jonathan, professor of intellectual and moral philosophy in Amherst Col-
lege, graduated at Dartmouth College 1817; 7th, Robert Treat Paine Fiske, M. D.,
son of Oliver Fiske, M. D., son of Nathan Fiske, D. D., physician in Hingham,
graduated 1818; 8th, Augustus Henry Fiske, son of Isaac Fiske, son of Jonathan,
attorney-at-law in Boston, graduated 1825. Such are the ancestors and some of the
descendants of the Fiske family to which I, Rev. Thaddeus Fiske, of Cambridge,
am more immediately related. There are other branches from the same stock,
which are spread out in various directions over the United States.
NAMED FOR FISKES.
There are a number of places in the United States named Fisk and quite a
number of postoffices of this name. In all cases the names were given in honor
of a person by this name. Below will be found a few illustrations:
FISK, VT. — In the years 1765 and 1766 a French general from Canada named
Lamathe built a large fort and had it garrisoned with soldiers and implements
of war in what is now called the town of Isle La Mott, which is an island sur-
rounded by the waters of Lake Champlain, containing 4,883^/^ acres by the original
survey, and was named in part after the said French general Lamathe, they
changed Lamathe to La Mott for some reason not now known. The town being
an island, hence it was called Isle La Mott. There were enlightened, educated
French officers occupying said fort from 1766 to some time unknown at this time,
when it was evacuated for at least fifty-seven years before a blow had been struck
elsewhere within the present domain of the state of Vermont by civilized man.
I do not know as you care to have an account of the war for which this fort was
built and I have not time to give it. In 1802 Samuel Fisk, Esq., representing said
Isle La Mott in the legislature of Vermont, had the name changed from Isle
La Mott to Vineyard. In 1830 it was changed back to Isle La Mott. The present
postoffice is Fisk, named in honor of Hon. Nelson W. Fisk, lieutenant-governor
of Vermont.
FISKDALE, MASS. — Chase's History gives the following account of Fisk-
dale, which is a village in the town of Sturbridge: "Two brothers, Henry and
Josiah J. Fiske, sons of David, of Fiske hill, and grandsons of Henry, bought
Moses Allers' farm, erected the first factory and laid the foundation of the village
that bears their name. Moses Allen's farm was deeded to them in 1826." Frederick
D. Fiske, office 87 Milk Street, Boston, is at present at the head of the business.
FISK, MO.— Fisk, Mo., Sept. 4, 1895. Dear Sir: Your letter of 28th
addressed to town clerk is handed me for a reply. The postoffice here was given
the name of "Fisk" for the reason it was a short name, and as a compliment to
me, having done quite a mill business here for several years, and am now the
postmaster here. I came to this place twelve years ago from Kalamazoo, Mich.,
or near there, in Van Buren County. My parents originally came from Rhode
Island. I was born in Vermont in 1831. My father's name was Samuel B. Fisk.
Am cousin to James Fisk, Jr., who was shot by Stokes some years ago. I sup-
pose I have a cousin living in Chicago by name of C. W. Fisk. If I can be of any
help to you in compiling your work shall be glad to do what I can.
Very truly,
S. W. FISK.
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if
OUR ENGLISH ANCESTORS.
I. LOilD SYMOND FISKE, grandson of Daniel, was Lord of the Manor
of Stadhaugh, Parish of Laxfield, County of Suffolk, England, lived in the reigns
of Henry IV. and VI. (1399-1422), he m. Susannah Smyth; she d.
and he m. 2d Katherine . Simcn Fiske, of Laxfield, will dated
Dec. 22, 1463, proved at Norwich, England, Feb. 26, 1463-4. Bequeaths his soul
to God, the Virgin Mary and all the Saints in Heaven. Bequeaths to each of his
sons, William, Jeffrey, John and Edmund, 20 pounds. Mentions his dau. Margaret
Dowsing. Appoints his wife, Katherine, son John and Nichols Noloch executors.
He d. in Feb., 1464; res. Stadhaugh, Laxfield, Suffolk Co., England.
WILLIAM, b. in England; m. Joan Lynne.
JEFFREY, b. in England; m. Margaret .
JOHN, b. in England; m. .
EDMUND, b. in England; m. Margery
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IV.
6.
V.
MARGARET, b. in England; m. Dowsing or Dowling.
2. WILLIAM FISKE (Symond), b. Stadhaugh, County Suffolk, England;
m. Joan Lynne, of Norfolk. He was of Stadhaugh and lived during the reigns
of Henry VI., Edward IV., Richard III. and Henry VII. He d. before his
wife, for Joan Fiske, late wife of William, of Laxfield, made her will July 15, 1504,
which was proved Feb. 28, 1505. Mentions her sons John, Augustine and Simon,
son's wife Anne ^nd daus. Margery and Margaret. Appoints Sir John Fiske, son
of John Fiske, and her son Simon executors. He d. about 1504. Res. Laxfield,
Eng.
7. i. THOMAS, b. in England; m. Anne .
8. ii. WILLIAM, b. in England, m. Joan .
9. iii. AUGUSTINE, b. in England; m. Joan .
-10. iv. SIMON, b. in England; m. Elizabeth
11. V. ROBERT, b. in England; m. and Joan .
12. vi. JOHN. b. in England; m. .
13. vii. MARGERY, b. in England.
14. viii. MARGARET, b. in England.
3. JEFFREY FISKE (Symond), b. Laxfield, Eng., ; m. Margaret
• , d. 1504. His will is dated May 3, 1504, and proved May 13, 1504. Men-
tions sons Jeffrey, John and Simon, and daus. Joan and Margery.
His wife made her will the following day, May 4, and it was proved the 13th.
Mentions John and Jeffrey Fiske, brothers, and appoints Rev. John Fiske
executor. He d. May_^ 1504; res. Laxfield, Eng.
15. i. JEFrREY^ b. in England; m. .
16. ii. JOHN, b. in England.
17. iii. SIMON, b. in England.
18. iv. JOAN, b. in England.
19. v. MARGERY, b. in England.
4. REV. JOHN FISKE (Symond), b. Laxfield, Eng., ; m. there
. His will is dated Jan. 18, 1507, and was proved Feb. 5, 1512. Mentions
son Sir John Fiske, Chaplain, and son Robert Fiske, Canon of Leyston. To
Jane, dau. of Robert, he gives six and eight pence. He d. in 1512. Res. Laxfield,
Eng.
20. i. JOHN, b. in England; m. Phillis .
21. ii. ROBERT, b. in England; m. -.
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5. EDMUND FISKE (Symond), b. Laxfield, Eng.,
m. Margery
ST. MARY S CHUECH, BURY ST. EDMUNDS, ENG.
His will is dated Aug. 7, 1494,
and was proved Oct. 4, 1494. His widow
was co-executrix 01 her husband's will.
He d. in Sept., 1494; res. Bury St. Ed-
munds, County Suffolk, Eng. It was
here they attended divine worship. The
church was rebuilt in 1424-33, having been
originally erected A. D. 1005. It was an
elegant structure, 139 feet long, exclusive
of the chancel, which was 74x68. The
roof of the nave, which was framed in
Caen, Normandy, is admired for its light-
ness and elegance.
7. LORD THOMAS FISKE (William, Symond), b.-
m. Ann^
Thomas Fiske, the elder, of Laxfield, was Lord of the Manor of Stadhaugh, made
his will Oct. 2.J, 1525. It was proved Dec. 10, 1525. In the document he refers to
his wife, but does not mention name; sons William, Thomas and Henry; dau.
Agnes and brother Simon. Mentions his lands in Fressingfield. Appoints his
sons Henry and Thomas executors. He d. Dec, 1525; res. Stadhaugh, Eng.
22. i. WILLIAM, b. in England; m. Margaret Ball.
23. ii. THOMAS, b. in England; m. .
24. iii. HENRY, b. in England; m. .
25. iv. AGNES, b. in England.
8. WILLIAM FISKE (William, Symond), b. Laxfield, Eng.; m. Joan .
He was of Halesworth, made his will Jan. 31, 1512-13, proved May 12, 1513. Men-
tions wife Joan, son Thomas, and brothers Simon and Thomas. He d. in I5I3>
res. Halesworth, Eng.
26. i. THOMAS, b. in England.
9. AUGUSTINE FISKE (William, Symond), b. Laxfield, Eng., ; m.
Joan . He was of Laxfield: his will is dated Mar. 15, 1507-08, and was
proved Apr. 11. 1508. His wife was Joan, son Thomas, and brothers Simon and
Thomas. He d. 150S: res. Laxfield, Eng.
27. i. THOMAS, b. in England.
ID. SIMON FISKE (William, Symond), b. Laxfield. Eng., ; m. Eliz-
abeth ■ She d. in Halesworth in June, 1558. He resided in Laxfield and
made his will July 10, 1536. It was proved July 13, 1538. He desires to be buried
at the chancel end of the Church of All Saints, in Laxfield. next his father, son
Robert, son William, and wife Elizabeth, son Jeffrey, daus. Joan Iverton, Gelyne
Warner, Agnes Fiske, son Simon. John Fiske of Holton was supervisor. He d.
in Jurffe, 1538; res. Laxfield, Eng.
^ 28. i. - SIMON, b. in England; m. .
'WILLIAM, b. in England.
ROBERT, b. in England; m. Alice .
"JOAN, b. in England: m. Iverton.
-JEFFREY, b. in England.
iGELYNE, b. in England; m. Warner.
AGNES, b. in England.
THOMAS, b. in England.
-ELIZABETH, b. in England.
JOHN, b. in England.
II. ROBERT FISKE (William, Symond), b. Rendham, ; m.
and Joan . He was a clothmaker by trade; will dated Feb. 15, 1563.
He desired to be buried in the parish of St. Mary's at Elms in Ipswich, where his
former wif« is buried. John Cole, of Ipswich, was executor. He d. 1563; res.
Ipswich, Eng.
38., i. MARGARET, b. in England.
29.
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pHN FISKE (William, Symond), b. Laxfield, Eng., ; m.
Wis wife d. before he did. His will is dated Nov. 23, 1550, and proved
38 FISKE GENEALOGY.
July 2, 1562. Desires to be buried in the churchyard in Holton near his children.
He d. 1562; res. Laxfield and Holton, Eng.
39. i. WILLIAM, b. in England.
40. ii. FRANCIS, b. in England.
41. iii. JANE, b. in England; m. Keene.
15. JEFFREY FISKE (Jefifrey, Symond), b. in England,
He was a cooper. He d. Apr. 29, 1591; res. Laxfield, Eng.
20. SIR JOHN FISKE, Chaplain, (John, Symond), b. Laxfield, Eng.,
; m. Phillis . John Fiske, of Halesworth, Mercer, will dated Oct. 5,
1530, proved Apr. 21, 1531, wife Phillis; brother Robert. John Fiske, of Holton,
was executor. He d. s. p. 1531; res. Halesworth, Eng.
21. ROBERT FISKE (John, Symond), b. Laxfield, Eng., ; m.
. He was Canon of Leyston; res. Leyston, Eng.
42. i. JANE, b. . Mentioned in her grandfather's will.
22. WILLIAM FISKE (Thomas, William, Symond),b. Stadhaugh, Eng.,
m. Margaret Ball. William Fyske, of Stadhaugh, in Laxfield, County
Suffolk, diocese of Norwich, will dated Oct. 15, 1558, proved May 4, 1559. Men-
tions wife Margaret, son John, son Rauf, daus. Alice, Meriam, Jane and Margaret;
William Ffyske, son of brother Henry, dec, my daus. Faith and Katherine; exec-
utors to be my wife and brother-in-law Robert Ball and Roger Wade of Berrnond-
sey. He d. 1559; res. Stadhaugh, Eng.
43. i.* MATHEW, b. in England; m. Elizabeth Jordain, Margaret Hay-
wood and Anne Haggune.
44. ii. FRANCIS, b. in England.
45. iii. JOHN, b. in England; m. Joan Couper.
46. iv. RALPH, b. in England; d. s. p.
47. V. ALICE, b. in England; m. Meriam.
48. vi. JANE, b. in England.
49. vii. MARGARET, b. in England.
49/4-viii. FAITH, b. in England.
49H.ix. KATHERINE, b. in England.
23. THOMAS FISKE (Thomas, William, Symond), b. in England,
His will is dated Jan. 20, 1559. No sons mentioned. He d.
Jan., 1559; res. Stadbrook, Eng.
50. i. CHRISTIAN, b. in England; m. Edward Sewell.
51. ii. MARGARET, b. in England; m. Alan Barrett.
52. iii. ALICE, b. in England.
5J. iv. DOROTHY, b. in England.
54. v. JOAN, b. in England.
24. HENRY FISKE (Thomas, William, Symond), b. Stadhaugh, Eng.,
m. . Henry Fiske, of Cratfield, made his will Aug. 19, 1558,
and it was proved Sept. 16, 1558. He bequeaths to his son William all his lands
in Frissingfield, called Gooches, son Thomas, and his dau. Mary, son Jefifrey,
godson Francis Fiske. Appoints his brother Thomas Fiske, of Stadbrook, and
his son William executors. He d. 1558; res. Cratfield, Eng.
55. i. WILLIAM, b. in England; m. .
56. ii. JEFFREY, b. in England.
57. iii. THOMAS, b. in England; m. Alice .
28. SIMON FISKE (Simon, William, Symond), b. Laxfield, Eng.,
His will is dated Jan. 25, 1505. He gave legacies to his children
who were all young and a bequest to his brother, Master John Fiske, ten marks,
to sing for his soul one year. He d. 1505; res. Laxfield, Eng.
-^^'58- i- ROBERT, b. in England; m. Mrs. Sybil (Gould) Barber.
59. ii. JOHN, b. in England; m. Thomasine Pinchard.
60. iii. GEORGE, b. in England; m. Anne .
61. iv. NICHOLAS, b. in England; m. Joan Crispe.
62. v. JEFFREY, b. in England.
63. vi. JEREMY, b. in England; m. . 1'
64. vii. WILLIAM, b. in England; m. . ■'
65. viii. RICHARD, b. in England; m. Agnes Crispe.
FISKE GENEALOGY. 39
66. ix. JOAN, b. in England.
67. X. GELYNE, b. in England.
68. xi. AGNES, b. in England.
30. ROBERT FISKE (Simon, William, Symond), b. Laxfield, Eng.,
72.
71-
1.
ii.
74.
75-
iii.
iv.
45. J(
Eng.,
DHl
m. Alice . His will is dated Mar. 6, 1549, proved Apr. 5, 1551. His chil-
dren were all under twenty-one years of age. Appoints his wife, John Jacob of
Forncett and Edmund Crispe of Laxfield executors. He d. 1551; res. Laxfield,
Eng.
69. i. NICHOLAS, b. in England.
70. ii. ANNE, b. in England.
71. iii. CHRISTIAN, b. in England.
43. MATHEW FISKE (William, Thomas, William, Symond), b. Stad-
haugh, Eng., ; m. Elizabeth Jordain, dau. of Wm. She d. Jan. 6, 1592; m.
2d, Oct. 24, 1592, Margaret Hay ward, d. Sept. 13, 161 1; m. 3d, Jan. 30, 1612, Anne
Huggune. Res. Laxfield, Eng. He d. Nov. 5, 1627. He was a yeoman and
resided in Laxfield, but d. in Ubbeston. His will is dated June 11, 1627, and was
proved Jan. 13, 1628. Mentions wife Anne, son Nicholas, son John and his son
John, dau. Elizabeth, wife of Edmund Stannard.
WILLIAM, bap. in England; d. June 23, 1579.
ELIZABETH, bap. Feb. 12, 1580; m., July 25, 1604, Edmund
Stannard; res. Laxfield.
NICHOLAS, b. in England; m. Judith Reade.
JOHN, b. in England; m. Elizabeth Button.
JOHN FISKE (William, Thomas, William, Symond), b. Stadhaugh,
m. Joan Couper, dau. of William of Suffolk. He d. ; res.
Studhaugh and Cratfield, Eng.
76. i. WILLIAM, b. in England; m. Arone Hart.
77. ii. JOHN, b. in England.
55- WILLIAM FISKE (Henry, Thomas, William, Symond), b. Stadhaugh,
Eng., ; m. —. William Fiske. the elder, of C'-atfield, made his
will Mar. 27, 1607. It was proved Apr. 14, 1608. Mentions sons William, John,
Gregory and Henry and brother Thomas. He d. 1608; res. Cratfiela, Eng.
The Fiske Family. — In editing the transcript of the Parish papers of Cratfield,
Suffolk, England, made by the late Rev. W. Holland, M. A., Rector of Hunting-
field, it became necessary to examine the original documents. Among them I
found an indenture of the register for the year 1565 containing among entries of
the Plimpton, Mills, Baker, Grimsby-Newson, Gilberde, Brokbanke, Saunders,
Button, Curdie and Long families, "William Fyske, sonne of Jefrey Fyske and
of Christian his wyfe, was bap. the last daye of Sept. In 1566 William Fyske and
Jefrey Fyske were contributors, respectively, toward the enfranchisement of the
parish lands.
7^'. i. HENRY, b. in England; m. Margaret Gibson.
79. ii. JOHN, b. in England.
80. iii. GREGORY, b. in England.
81. iv. WILLIAM, b. in England; m. Mrs. Elizabeth .
57- THOMAS FISKE (Henry, Thomas, William, Symond), b. in England,
; m. Alice . He d. s. p. His will is dated Mar. 16, 1603, and was
proved June 5, 1604. His wife was Alice. He gave legacies to his sister Knight,
and William Fiske residing with him. He makes William, son of William Fiske
of Hock'--'^.am to Norfolk his principal heir. He d. in 1604; res. Wenhaston, Eng.
^ '58. ROBERT FISKE (Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Stadhaugh,
p"?-''^bo"t 525; m. Mrs. Sybil (Gould) Barber. For some time he was of the
l^arish of St. j^mes. South Elmham, Eng. Sybil, the wife of Robert, was in great
."o^^" ^" the I'me of the religious persecution, 1553-58, as was her sister Isabella,
orignially Gouli, who was confined in the castle of Norwich, and' escaped death
only by the power of her brothers, who were men of great influence in the
county. Robert fled for religion's sake in the days of Queen Mary to Geneva,
but returned latCi-, and died at St. James.' His will is dated Apr. 10, 1590, and
proved July 28, 1600. Robert Fiske had by Sybil Gould, his wife, four sons and
one daughter. The sons were William, Jeffrey, Thomas and Eleazer. Eleazer had
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f M no issue, but the progeny of William, Jeffrey and Thomas in whole or in part set-
I gi tied in New England. About this time was a season of great religious persecu-
tion. From the "Magna Brittannica" we learn that Waybred is a town in Suffolk
County, England.
John Noyes, of Laxfield, Suffolk County, shoemaker, was burned at Laxfield
Sept. 21, 1557. Vol. v., p. 303.
John Alcock was taken for heresy at Headley Church, imprisoned, and died
in prison, and buried in a dunghill. P. 305.
William Brown, a minister, was a long time in trouble for charges of heresy,
his living taken from him, and died in poverty. P. 305.
Oliver Cromwell was of Suffolk County. P. 175.
Res. Broad Gates, Laxfield, near Framlingham, and St. James, South Elm-
hani, Suffolk County, Eng. He d. in 1600.
/^ 82. i. WILLIAM, b. in 1566; m. Anna Anstye and Alice .
83. ii. JEFFREY, b. in England; m. Sarah Cooke.
84. iii. THOMAS, b. in England; m. Margery .
85. iv. ELEAZER, b. in England; m. Elizabeth . He d. s. p. in
Metfield, England, in July, 1615. His will is dated June 3,
1613, and was proved July 4, 1615. To his wife Elizabeth he
gave lands, etc., in the parish of St. James, South Elmham,
during her life. Gave property to nephews Nathaniel and
David, sons of brothers William and Jeffrey, and legacies
to the other children of said brothers, and to the children of
his brother Thomas. The widow d. in 1629. Her will is
dated Jan. 9, 1629. Made bequest to Elizabeth, dau. of Sam-
uel Fiske, ten shillings. Her will was witnessed by Nicholas
Bancroft and others.
86 v. ELIZABETH, b. in England; m. Robert Bernard. It will be
remembered that Robert and Sybil Fiske, of whom their de-
scendants were accustomed to speak with respect as Protestant
confessors in the reign of Queen Mary, had beside the four
sons a daughter Elizabeth, who married Robert Bernard, who
was a farmer of the estate of Custrick Hall, in Wecky, County
Essex, which he held of Sir Edward Coke, the lord chief
justice. And, having mentioned this marriage, Candler brings
before us a genealogical fact of great curiosity and impor-
tance. It is that a daughter of this Bernard married a Locke,
and was the mother of John Locke, who writing about 1660,
he describes simply as "John Locke, M. A." Very little is
known of Locke's father, but, any one who has written on
his life has not had the slightest knowledge of the mother to
whom we owe this eminent man. The mother of Locke was
brought up among the more zealous Puritans of the Counties
of Essex and Suffolk, and heard from her infancy stories of
religious persecutions. She must have seen near connections
of her family leaving their native homes to find, as they sup-
posed, security and peace in a distant land, and the feeling thus
engendered in her mind we may easily believe to have been
communicated to her son, who in due time became the great
defender of the principles of the utmost tolerance in dealing
with men in force of conscience and religious opinion. This
is a digression, but perhaps it will not be unacceptable to see
the name of so illustrious a person now for t'C ir-r^^t time
placed in public in family connection with so mary of the v', — ;
Puritan settlers in New England. Bernard stcd in the reic-n
tion of great-uncle to Candler, who records th- facts which 1
have now brought from their hiding place, and to all the
Fiskes who laid the foundation of the familes of that name
in the New England states. John Locke (griudson of Robert
Fiske), English philosopher, was born at ^v/■rington. Somer-
setshire, Aug. 29, 1632, died at Oates, a cou'itry seat in-£ssex,
Oct 28, 1704. The moderate inheritance of his family was con-
siderably reduced during the civil wars, in which his father was
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a parliamentary captain. Under the brief political ascendancy
of the Puritans he imbibed the religious principle and spirit
of liberty which actuated that body of men. His education
began at Westminster school, from which he was elected in
1651 to Christ Church College, Oxford, where he graduated
bachelor of arts in 1655 and master in 1658, continuing to
reside in that city till 1664. In after life he regretted that he
had spent so much of his time in the university, chiefly from his
contempt of the scholastic philosophy and methods which were
there upheld; yet he applied himself diligently to the classics,
read in private the works of Bacon and Descartes, and enjoyed
the friendship of persons whose society and conversation first
suggested the idea of his greatest work. His companions
were chosen rather from among the lively and agreeable than
the sfudious and learned, and his early correspondence often
displays wit and irony. The precise and scientific method of
Descartes seems to have given the first impulse to his specu-
lations, but Bacon exerted a more permanent and congenial
influence, and he may be called the metaphysician of the
Baconian philosophy. After receiving his degrees he devoted
himself principally to medicine, which occupied much of his
attention through life, and his eminent proficiency in which is
attested by Dr. Sudenham, the greatest authority of his time.
In 1664 he accepted the post of secretary in a diplomatic mis-
sion to the court of Brandenburg, and, returning to Oxford
within a year, was in doubt whether to begin the practice of
medicine as a profession, to continue in diplomatic employ-
ment, offers of which both in Spain and Germany were made
to him, or to enter the church, a considerable preferment in
which was promised through the duke of Orleans, lord lieu-
tenant of Ireland. He was engaged in studies of experimental
philosophy, when in 1666 he became acquainted with Lord
Ashley, afterward earl of Shaftesbury, who was then suffering
from an abscess in the chest. Locke divined the nature of the
disorder, which no one else had been able to discover; the life
of the nobleman was believed to have been saved by a surgical
operation which the philosopher advised; and the result was
a close and permanent friendship between them. Locke ac-
companied him to London, and in his house enjoyed the soci-
ety of the duke of Buckingham, the earl of Northumberland,
Lord Halifax, and others of the most distinguished characters
of the time. Ashley united engaging manners with distin-
guished ability, and was an admirable talker; and Locke,
whose esteem for conversational capacity led him to assign it
a first place in the formation of a man's mind, was probably
attached in this instance very much by his quality. While
residing with him, he superintended the education of his son,
and subsequently of his grandson, the third earl of Shaftes-
bury, the elegant philosophical writer of Queen Anne's reign.
In 1668 he accompanied the earl and countess of Northumber-
land on a tour in France, and after his return was employed
by Ashley to draw up the fundamental laws of Carolina, which
province had been granted to him and seven others. The
scheme of government which was prepared, aristocratic and
conformed to monarchy, yet tolerant of all religions, indicates
the cautious and practical tendencies of his mind, since, though
a lover of freedom, he proposed to establish it in a new coun-
try only in so far as it had been realized in England. In 1670
he made the first sketch of his "Essay concerning Human
Understanding," which was finished in 1687 and published in
1690. In a discussion with five or six friends at his chambers
in Oxford, he suggested that the dispute and perplexity could
only be solved by a preliminary examination of our own abili-
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ties, and of what subjects our understandings are or are not
fitted to deal with. He set down several thoughts on the sub-
ject previous to their next meeting, and the work thus begun
was often resumed and often neglected during his various avo-
cations, and was ultimately completed in retirement and leis-
ure. While Shaftesbury was lord chancellor, Locke held the
appointment of secretary for the presentation of beneficies, and
afterward of secretary to the board of trade. In 1675 he went
to France for the benefit of his health, residing at Montpellier,
where he became acquainted with Mr. Herbert, afterward earl
of Pembroke, to whom his "Essay" is dedicated, and in Paris,
where his conversation was welcomed by the most eminent
literary and scientific men. He was recalled to England when
Shaftesbury regained power for a brief season in 1679; and
when that nobleman charged with high treason had taken
refuge in Holland, he followed him thither in 1683. He con-
tinued to reside there after the death of Shaftesbury, having
incurred the hostility of the court by his connection with him.
At Amsterdam he kept aloof from the British exiles who were
plotting the rebellion of Monmouth, auguring their ill success,
and joined with Limborch, Le Clerc, and others, in the forma-
tion of a philosophical society for the weekly discussion of im-
portant business. Spies were set about him to suggest irri-
tating topics, and to report his words to his ruin, but they
were foiled by his steady silence concerning the politics of the
day. The court therefore resolved to punish him in the only
point where he was vulnerable, and ejected him from his stu-
dentship in Christchurch College. Still he refused to take part
in the schemes of invasion, and concealed himself at Utrecht,
where he was employed in writing his letter "On Toleration."
In the Bibliotheque universalle et historique of Le Clerc he
published in French in 1686 a "New Method of a Common-
place Book," in 1687 an abridgement of his "Essay on the
Human Understanding," which was published in England in
the same year, and in Latin at Gouda in 1689. Its liberal views
were attacked by an Oxford theologian, and were defended by
Locke in two additional letters. Adopting the theory of a
compact, he maintained that the state relates only to civil inter-
ests, has nothing to do with matters in the world to come,
and should therefore tolerate all modes of worship not im-
moral in their nature or involving doctrines inimical to good
government. Conscious of no crime, he refused to accept a
pardon which William Penn promised to obtain for him from
James II., but returned to England after the revolution of
1688 in the same fleet which brought the Princess of Orange,
and obtained through Lord Mordaunt the office of commis-
sioner of appeals. In 1690 appeared his "Essay concerning
Human Understanding," the first work which attracted atten-
tion in England to metaphysical speculations, except on the
part of merely studious men, and one of the greatest contribu-
tions in modern times to the philosophy of the human mind.
The celebrity of the author as a friend of religious liberty, the
attacks upon it, and the attempts made at Oxford to prevent
the students from reading it. were among the secondary
causes of its success. Six editions appeared within fourteen
years, and through translations into Latin and French the
fame of the author was made European. He published in
1690 two "Treatises on Civil Government," written to support
the principles of the revolution by establishing the title of
King William upon the consent of the people as the only
title of lawful government. In 1693 his "Thoughts Concern-
ing Education," in which his object is to fashion a gentleman
rather than a scholar, and therefore he lays less stress on
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learning than on virtue, breeding and practical wisdom; and
in 1695 "The Reasonableness of Christianity," the object of
which was to determine what points of belief were common
to all the Christian sects, in order to facilitate a plan of the
king for the reconciliation and union of them all. He pub-
lished a vindication of this work against the charge of So-
cinianism, and conducted a controversy with Stillingfieet,
who in his work on the Trinity denounced some of the prin-
ciples of the "Essay" as opposed to fundamental Christian
doctrines. In 1700 he resigned his commissionership in con-
sequence of his failing health, and, declining a pension offered
him by the king in a personal interview, returned to the man-
sion of his friend Sir Francis Masham at Oates, in Essex,
where he devoted the remainder of his life to the study of the
Scriptures. Among the fruits of his later labors were a "Dis-
course on the Miracles," "Paraphrases, with Notes, of the
Epistles of St. Paul," and an "Examination of Father Male-
branche's Opinion of Seeing all Things in God," which were
published posthumously. His excellent treatise on the "Con-
duct of the Understanding," which may be regarded as the
ethical application of his "Essay," being a scheme of the edu-
cation which an adult person should give himself, also ap-
peared after his death. He received during his last years,
while suffering under an incurable asthma, the affectionate
attentions of Lady Masham, a daughter of Ralph Cudworth,
and died ultimately in his chair, from the natural decay of a
constitution originally weak, while she was reading the Psalms
to him. The course and circumstances of Locke's life were
in every respect favorable to the production of such work as
the "Essa" Concerning Human Understanding." Early im-
bued with, zeal for liberty and with the principles of a severe
moi"ality, 1 5 whole life was a warfare against the enemies of
freedom ii speculation, freedom in worship, and freedom
from ever] unnecessary political restraint. Acquainted by
his studies both with scholastic subtleties and the physical
sciences, he was in mature age admitted to the society of wits
and politicians, and became a man of business and of the
world. The "Essay" was the product of meditation continued
through many years, was composed at intervals, and is in a
studied colloquial and rather racy style, which, however at-
tractive to the reader, is too figurative, ambiguous, various,
and even contradictory, for the purposes of philosophy. The
essential character and tendency of his system has therefore
always been a matter of dispute between metaphysicians of
difterenl schools, and different passages suggest very opposite
conclusions. His object was to inquire into the origin, cer-
tainty, and extent of human knowledge, and his method was
purely psychological, by the patient and tentative observa-
tion of the phenomena of consciousness. In the first book he
confutes the Cartesian doctrine of innate principles or axioms,
which would conflict with his whole theory of the empirical
origin of our ideas. This theory is fully developed in the
second book, in which he shows that our natural faculties are
capable of forming every notion that we possess, that the
action of these faculties takes its rise from experience, and
that the mind may therefore be compared to a sheet of white
paper void of all characters till the events of time inscribe
them. Having thus stated the principle that all the materials
of our knowledge come from experience, he explains it more
particularly by making a distinction between sensation and re-
flection as sources of ideas. The former is observation of the
external world, the latter of our own mental operations.
Though he uses the term reflection in a wavering and indefi-
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nite sense, it does not plainly appear that he ascribed to it any
other power than that of a mere formal and logical mechan-
ism, to act upon, to combine and compare, and to extensively
modify the materials primarily afforded by the senses. In
long and acute processes of reasoning he aims to bring the
ideas of space, time, infinity, causality, personal identity, sub-
stance, and good and evil within the limits of experience. The
third book is a treatise on the nature, use and abuse of lan-
guage. In the fourth book he passes from ideas to knowl-
edge, from psychology to onthology, treating the question
as to the adequacy of our ideas and the reality of our knowl-
edge. He held a representative theory of perception, main-
taining that the mind does not know things immediately, but
by the intervention of ideas; that knowledge is real only in so
far as there is conformity between our ideas and the reality
of things: and that ideas may be entirely inadequate, however
distinct they are, thus rejecting the criterion of Descartes.
This theory contains the germ of utter skepticism, and was the
ground on which Berkeley denied the existence of the material
world, and Hume involved all human knowledge in doubt.
The distinction established by Kant between the cause and the
occasion of our conceptions, making the former to exist in the
original constitution of the mind, and the latter in the circum-
stances of experience, would have removed the fundamental
error involved, perhaps without design, in the system of Locke.
There are indications in many passages of his work that he was
not satisfied with that tendency to sensationalism, which when
rigidly developed bore fruits of utilitarianism in morals, ma-
terialism in metaphysics, and skepticism in religion. A biog-
raphy of Locke was published in 1829 by Lord King, a lineal
descendant of his sister, and added to Bohn's "Standard
Library" in 1858. The best complete edition of his works is
in 10 vols. (London, 182,3). His philosophical works have
been published by J. A. St. John (2d ed., 2 vols., London,
1854). A new biography by H. R. Fox Bourne was announced
in 1874. Another daughter of Elizabeth (Fisk) Bernard married
Thomasine, and brother-in-law, John Pinchard of Bedingfield. He d. s. p. 1607;
res. Twitshall, St. Mary, England.
59. JOHN FISKE (Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. in Laxfield, Eng.,
-; m. Thomasine Pinchard. His will is dated Oct. i, i6o7, mentions his wife,
Thomasine, and brother-in-law, John Pinchard of Bedingfield. He d. s. p. 1607;
res. Twitshall, St. Mary, England.
60. GEORGE FISKE (Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Laxfield, Eng.,
m. Anne . His will is dated Jan. 6, 1591, and proved Apr. 7, 1593.
His widow was living in 1613. He d. March, 1593; res. Westhall. Eng.
87. i. GEORGE, b. in England; m. Margerv Simonds.
88. ii. THOMAS, b. in England. He was of Westhall; made his will
Apr. IS, 1613, which was proved Aug. 28, 1613. Mentions his
mother Anne Fiske, brother George, sister Margaret Whit-
tingham, brother Jeffery and his four cliildren Gelyon, Eliza-
beth, Anne and Milicent. Appoints his brother George and
Thomas Fiske of Wi^sthall executors.
89. iii. MARGARET, b. in England; m. Jeffrey Whittingham. Ch.:
Gelyon. Elizabeth, Anne, and Milicent.
Sgyo.iv. JEFFREY, b. England.
6t. NICHOLAS FISKE (Simon, Simon. William, Symond), b. Laxfield,
Eng., ; m. Joan Crispe, dau. of William of Laxfield. His will is dated Aug.
20, 1569; proved Sept. 28, 1569. Witnessed by John Fiske. Fox in his "Book of
Martyrs" in relating the account of the burning of John Noyes refers to Nicholas
Fiske as Noyes' brother-in-law. He d. Sept., 1569; res. Dennington, Eng.
90. i. WILLIAM, b. in England; m. Helen .
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91. ii. AMOS, b. in England; m. Mary .
92. iii. RACHEL, b. in England.
93. iv. ESTHER, b. in England.
94. V. MARY, b. in England.
63. JEREMY FISKE (Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. in England,
■ m. . She d. Nov. 15, 1624. He resided in Laxfield. His
will is dated Aug. 22, 1630, and was proved Sept. 16, 1630. Made bequests to his
son-in-law Peter Cook and his son John, of a house and land in Tittleshall, County
Norfolk. He d. Sept., 1630; res. Laxfield, Eng.
95. i. ALICE, bap. Dec. 22, 1588; d. Apr. 7, 1593.
96. ii. ANNE, bap. Mar. 12, 1591; m. Peter Cook. They had a son
John.
64. WILLIAM FISKE (Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Laxfield,
Eng., ; m. . She d. before 1575. He resided in South Elm-
ham and fled for religion's sake in the time of Queen Mary. His will is dated
Oct. 10, 1575, and proved Jan. 30, 1578. Witnessed by Robert and Jeffrey Fiske
and William Ryarde; res. St. Michaels, South Elmham, Eng.
97. i. GELYON, b. in England; m. Aldus.
98. ii. MARGARET, b. in England; m. Bancroft.
99. iii. AGNES, b. in England; m. Borough.
100. iv. MARY, b. in England; unm., 1575.
loi. V. JOSEPH, b. in England.
65. RICHARD FISKE (Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Stadhaugh,
Suffolk County, Eng., about 1510; m. Agnes Crispe, dau. of Edmund. According
to Cotton Mather he lived in the reign of Queen Mary and endured grievous per-
secution. There were several branches of Fiskes in the southern parts of the
County of Suffolk, England, all springing from a Richard Fiske, who lived at
Broad Gates, in Laxfield, a rural village north of Framlingham, where the inhab-
itants were so zealous for the reformation that one of them, John Noyes, was
most barbarously put to death in the reign of Queen Mary. Fox. in his account
of the burning of Noyes, speaks of Nicholas Fiske, who was one of the sons of
Richard. Two other of his sons, Robert and William, fled in the time of that ter-
rible persecution. It does not appear that Nicholas had any issue. William
who had fled was the subject of a parricide, for which his son, Joseph Fiske,
suffered the penalty of death at Bury St. Edmunds. Of this branch of the family
nothing more need be said, or of the descendants of other sons of Richard, than
Robert, from whom sprang all of the name who were in the early emigration.
He resided in Laxfield and made his will Sept. 7, 1572, which was proved Nov. 5,
1572. His wife was Agnes, son Elias, daus. Mary, Margaret, Anne, Elizabeth
and father-in-law Edmund Crispe. Appoints his brother Robert Fiske supervisor.
Witnessed by John, Jeffrey and Nathaniel Fiske. He d. in 1572; res. Laxfield,
Suffolk County, Eng.
ELIAS, b. in England; m. Alice .
MARY, b. in England.
MARGARET, b. in England.
ANNE, b. in England.
ELIZABETH, b. in England.
74. PROF. NICHOLAS FISKE (Mathew, William, Thomas, William, Sy-
mond), b. Stadhaugh, Eng., ; m. Judith Reade, dau. of William Reade, of
Colchester, Parson of Trinity Church and of St. Martin's Lane. He was born on
the old place in Stadhaugh, Parish of Laxfield, Suffolk County, Eng. He
received an excellent education, studied medicine, and practiced until his death.
On Nov. 9, 1633, he was granted the right to use the Fiske Coat of Arms by the
Herald's College. At that time he was professor of physics. He d. ; res.
Stadhaugh, in Laxfield, Middlesex, Eng.
107. i. JOHN, b. in England; m. Heigham.
MATHEW, b. in England; d. s. p.
MARY, b. in England; m. John Stanard.
ELIZABETH, b. in England.
CATHERINE, b. in England.
102.
103.
u.
104.
HI.
305.
:o6.
IV.
v.
108.
ii.
109.
111.
110.
IV.
III.
v.
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75. JOHN FISKE (Mathew, William, Thomas, William, Symond), b. in
Laxfield, Eng., ; m.. May 5, 1600, Elizabeth Button. He was a weaver by
trade. His will is dated Dec. 24, 1639, and was proved July 4, 1640. He
bequeathed to his wife Elizabeth a house in the hamlet of Chepenlake in Fressing-
field, which he had of his uncle John Fiske of Cratfield. The will also mentions
brother-m-law Richard Spalding and John Tillott. He d. in 1640; res. Laxfield
and Mendham, Eng.
112. i. JOHN, bap. Jan. 8, 1603, He d. Nov. 7, 1628. He resided in
Stadhaugh, in Laxfield. His will is dated Feb. 22, 1628; was
proved Dec. 4, 1628. IMentions his uncle Matthew and his son
Nicholas, John son of John son of said Matthew, brother
William and his son John, nephew Samuel Cook, brother-in-
iaw Erasmus Cook, clerk, dec'd.
113- ii. WILLIAM, bap. Feb. 23, 160=;; m. .
114. iii. ELIZABETH, bap. Feb. 26. "1608; m. Erasmus Cook. He was
a clerk; d. before 1628, leaving son Samuel.
115. iv. MATTHEW, bap. Mar. 12, 1614.
7C\ WILLIAM FISKE (John, William, Thomas, William, Symond), b
Stadhaugh, Eng., ; m. Arone Hart, dau. of William. He d. ; res.
Hardirgs, in Norton, County Suffolk, Eng.
116. i. JOHN, b. in England; m. AHce Hart.
117. ii. THOMAS, b. in England.
118. iii. SAMUEL, b. in England; m. .
78. HENRY FISKE (William, Henry, Thomas, William, Symond), b. in
England ; m. Margaret Gibson. He resided in Cratfield. His will is dated
Mar. 6, 1627, and was proved Nov. 22, 1628. His wife was Margaret, father Will-
iam Fiske dec'd, sons William, John and Henry, dau. Margaret wife of John Bar-
rett, dau. Mary, kinsman Wolfram and Christopher Smith, brother Henry Gibson.
He d. in 1628; res. Cratfield, Eng.
119. i. WILLIAM, b. in England.
120. ii. JOHN, b. in England.
121. iii. HENRY, b. in England.
122. iv. MARGARET, b. in England; m. John Barrett.
123. v. MARY, b. in England.
81. WILLIAM FISKE (William, Henry, Thomas, William, Symond), b.
m England ; m. Mrs. Elizabeth . In his will he is referred to as
William Fiske, the elder, of Cratfield, Gentleman. The instrument is dated Nov.
S,_ 1636, and was proved May 29, 1640. His wife was Elizabeth, son William,
wife's dau. Frances Meene, nephew William Sandcroft. Appoints his son William
executor and his nephew Francis Sandcroft supervisor. He d. 1640; res. Cratfield
Eng.
124. i. WILLIAM, b. in England; res. Cratfield.
82. WILLIAM FISKE (Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Lax-
field, Eng., 1566; m. Anna Anstye, dau. of Walter, of Tibbenham, Long Row,
m Norfolk. She d., and he m. 2d, Alice . William is described as of St.
James m South Elmham, and it is said of him that he fled with his father for
religion's sake. His wife was Anne, dau. of Walter Anstye, of Tibbenham., Long
Row in Norfolk. They had John, Nathaniel and Eleazer, Eunice, Hannah and
Esther. Eunice died unmarried. Esther married John Challie, or Chalke, of
Road Hall, and Hannah, William Candler, and was the mother of the genealogist,
the compiler of the Candler manuscript in the British Museum. Of the sons,
Eleazer settled at Norwich and had female issue only. Nathaniel was of Way-
bred, and had children who appear to have remained in England; but of the chil-
dren of John all that lived to grow up, four in number, transferred those to the
new country. An old record says: "William fyske has livery of the manor and
advowson of Hekingham, in County Norfolk, lately belonging to Robert Fyske,
his father." His will is dated Nov. 25, 1616, and was proved May 17, 1623. He
was of Ditchingham, County Norfolk. The instrument mentions now wife Alice,
To the poor of Ditchingham and Bungay. To his eldest son John, lands in St.
James, South Elmham; grandchildren Matthias, John and Mary Candler; grand-
children John, Anne, Martha, Nathaniel and Eleazer Fiske, all under twenty-one;
FISKE GENEALOGY. 47
dau. Anne Candler. To son John lands in Metfield, he paying to his brothers
Nathaniel and Eleazer and sister Hester six score pounds. Appoints his son
John executor. He d. in 1623; res. St. James, South Elmham, and Ditchingham,
Norfolk, Eng. . t
^125 i. JOHN, b. South Elmham, Eng.; m. Anne Lantersee.
126! ii. NATHANIEL, b. South Elmham, Eng.; m. Mrs. Alice (Hend)
Leman.
127. iii. ELEAZER, b. South Elmham, Eng.; m. and settled in Nor-
wich; had female issue only.
128. iv. EUNICE, b. South Elmham, Eng.; d. unm.
129. V. HANNAH, b. South Elmham, Eng.; m. May 4, 1603, William
Candler. He was school master at Tofiford. Their son, Rev.
M.ithias Candler, was the author of the celebrated Candler
manuscript on file in the British Museum. Other children
were John and Mary Candler.
130. vi. HESTER, b. South Elmham, Eng.; m. John Chalke, of Red-
nail, Eng.
131. vii. MARY, b. South Elmham, Eng.; m. Anthony Fisher, proprietor
of Wignotte, County Suffolk, Eng. He d. Apr. 11, 1640, a son
Anthony^ Jr., bap. at Syleham, Eng., Apr. 23, 1591; m. in
England, Mary . He d. in America in Dedham or Dor-
chester Apr. 18, 1671. His son Anthony, Jr., b. at Syleham,
Eng., m. in Dorchester, Mass., Sept. 7, 1647, Joanna Faxon.
He d. in Dorchester, Feb. 13, 1670. She was b. in England
in 1626, and d. Oct. 16, 1694. His son Eleazer, b. Sept. 18,
1669, m. Oct. 13, 1698, Mary Avery, b. Aug. 21, 1674, d. Mar.
25, 1749. He d. Feb. 6, 1722. His son Benjamin, b. May,
1721, at Dedham, Mass., m. Aug. 11, 1742, Sarah Everett, b.
June 7, 1718, d. Aug. 2, 1795. He d. Jan. 18, I777. His son
Aaron, b. Jan. 16, 1758, m. Betty Moore, of Bolton. He was
sergt. in Rev. army, and d. Oct. 10, 1843. His son Aaron, b.
Aug. 30, 1783, m. Hepzibah Walker, d. 1858. His son Rev.
Otis, b. June 16, 1808, m. Oct. 13, 1844, Harriet Newell Day,
b. Mar. 31, 1816, d. Aug. i, 1890. He d. Sept. 17, 1880. His
son Albert Judson, b. Feb. 27, 1851, m. July 12, 1893, Ada
Ashard; res. Chicago, 111., with Capt. S. E. Gross, Masonic
Temple. Two others of the early settlers from Suffolk County,
England, were related to the Fiskes. These were Joshua and
Anthony Fisher, who took their freedom, Joshua in 1640 and
Anthony, Jr., in 1646. They were brothers, sons of Anthony
Fisher, of Syleham, by his wife Mary, who was another dau.
_0l_William_and__Anoe Fisk^, of South Elmham; but this is
another insfafrce in which we have to regret that Candler in
his manuscript did not draw his pedigrees with more precision.
Candler does not give us any further information respecting
them, but we may form some idea of the class of society from
which they sprang from the notice which he takes of two of
their brothers who appear to have remained in England: Cor-
nelius, who was M. A. and taught the school at East Bergholt,
and Amos wh6 farmed an estate called Custridge Hall in the
Parish of Wesley, which is in the hundred of Tendring between
Colchester and the sea. Cornelius left no issue, and his widow
remained with George Smith who was one of the ministers at
Dedham, a famous city of Puritan piety. Amos married Anne
Morice, the relict of Daniel Locke, and had several children,
settled in those parts of Essex, of whom it is not known that
any of them followed in the steps of their two uncles.
83 JEFFREY FISKE (Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. at
Laxfie'ld, Eng., ; m. Sarah Cooke. Jeffrey was another son of Robert
Fiske and Sibil his wife. The account of his family is not so clearly given in the
Candler manuscript in the British museum as to remove all doubt respecting the
true descent as Mr. Candler understood it; but it appears that Jeffrey had a sop
David Fiske (see will of his uncle Eleazer) of this branch of the family, who emi-
48 FISKE GENEALOGY.
grated, whose wife was Sarah Smith, a dau. of Edmund Smith, of Mentham. He
took his freedom in 1638, and possibly again in 1647. ("David, 1647, was no doubt
son of the freemen of 1638-39.") He d. 1628. His will is dated Oct., 1628; proved
Nov. 25, 1628; res. Metfield, Eng.
132. i. ELEAZER, b. in England.
133. ii. DAU., b. in England; m. John Sawyer.
^ 134. iii. DAVID, b. in England; m. Sarah Smith.
84. THOMAS FISKE (Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Lax-
field, Eng., ; m. Margery . His will is dated Feb. 20, 1610, proved
Feb. 28. 1610. His son Thomas was executor. He d. Feb., 1610; res. Fressing-
field, Eng.
135. i. THOMAS, b. in England, of Medfield.
136. ii. JAMES, b. in England.
137. iii. PHINEHAS, b. in 1610; m. Sarah and Elizabeth Easter-
ick.
138. iv. ELIZABETH, b. in England.
139. V. MARY, b. in England.
87. GEORGE FISKE (George, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. in
England ; m. Margery Simonds. He resided in Westhall and his will was
dated March 28, 1622, proved May 25, 1622. His wife was Margery, daus. Alice
and Margery, dau. Anne, wife of Robert Porter. Brother-in-law Hugh Simonds.
He d. 1622; res. Westhall, Eng.
140. i. ALICE, b. in England.
141. ii. MARGERY, b. in England.
142. iii. ANNE, b. in England; m. Robert Porter.
90. WILLIAM FISKE (Nicholas, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. in
England ; m. Helen . He made his will Aug. 13, 1580, proved
Nov. 22, 1580. His wife was Helen, son Nicholas, not 21, daus. Anne, Rachel
and Elizabeth. Late father was Nicholas Fiske, brother Amos Fiske. He d.
1580; res. Dennington, Eng.
143. i. NICHOLAS, b. in England; m. Rebecca .
144. ii. ANNE, b. in England.
145. iii. RACHEL, b. in England.
146. iv. ELIZABETH, b. in England.
91. AMOS FISKE (Nicholas, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Den-
nington, Eng. ; ni. there Mary . He resided in Dennington. His
will is dated May 28, 1612, and proved June 17, 1612. He d. 1612; res. Denning-
ton, Eng.
147. i. AMOS, b. in England.
148. ii. WILLIAM, b. in England.
149. iii. JOAN, b. in England.
102. ELIAS FISKE (Richard, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. in
Laxfield, Eng., ; m. Alice . He was of Laxfield a yeoman. His
will was dated May 2, 1601. Mentions his wife Alice, son Henry, not 24, daus.
Sarah, Mary and Margaret, and refers to late father, Richard Fiske. He d. Sept.
2, 1601; res. Laxfield, Eng.
150. i. SARAH, bap. May 25, 1589.
151. ii. HENRY, bap. May 24, 1590.
152. iii. MARY, bap. April 16, 1593.
153. iv. MARGARET, bap. Nov.' 15, 1596.
107. JOHN FISKE (Nicholas, Mathew. William, Thomas, William, Sy-
mond), b. Stadhaugh, Eng., ; m. Heigham; res. , Eng.
154. i. JOHN, b. in England.
■ 155. ii. WILLIAM, b. in England.
156. iii. JUDITH, b. in England.
113. WILLIAM FISKE (John, Mathew, William, Thomas, William, Sy-
mond), bap. Feb. 23, 1605, in Laxfield, Eng.; m. . "Wills & Invento-
ries from the Registers of the Commissary, of Bury St. Edmunds, and the Arch
Deacon of Sudbury." N. E. His. Gen. Society, Pub. England 1850, p. 207, &c.,&c.:
FISKE GENEALOGY.
49
BRIGHT COAT OF ARiMS.
William Fiske, of Packenham, gent., 1648. Will date 20th March, 1648. First to
eldest son, John, large amount of Real & P. estate in Framlingham. Item to my
son Thomas. Item to I^Iartha Bright, my eldest daughter (naming son-in-law
Henry Bright). Item to Mary Fiske, and Margaret Meadows, my two youngest
daughters. Proved Jan. 7-9, 1649. i doz. bread Weekly. '"Whereas, in anno 1630 I
beganne a gift of a dozen of bread weekley to be given to the poore of the town of
Norton in Suff., my mynd and desire is that the same gift may continue to the
world's end," and provides a fund for that purpose. He d. 1648; res. Packenham,
Eng.
157. i. JOHN, bap. ; res. Framlingham.
158. ii. THOMAS, b. .
159. iii. MARTHA, b. ; m. June 28, 1626, Henry Bright. He
was bap. at Bury St. Edmunds, Eng., Oct. 14, 1593. They had
one dau. Katherine. Henry Bright was son of Robert and on
his death he made his son Henry his '
principal heir, giving him the Pack-
enham and Thurston estates. Henry
was also executor of his father's will.
This engraving represents the
estate as it was when occupied by
Henry and Martha (Fiske) Bright.
In Thurston church there are monu-
mental slabs with arms and inscrip-
tions beautifully sculptured to the
memory of the Brights.
The children of Henry and Mar-
tha (Fiske) Bright, of Netherhall,
were Robert Bright, of Ipswich, gro-
cer. His will dated May 29, 1668,
and proved on July 3, 1668,
gives to his brother-in-law, Francis
Woodward, £50; to his bro.John Bright, £250; to his sis. Martha
Bright, £50; to his bro.,
William Bright, £3, to ,,^_«fe..v.^:,
buy him a gold ring;
to his co-partner, Wm.
Sayer, £50; to his
mother, Mrs. Martha
Bright, £10; to the poor
of the Parish of St.
Lawrence, 40s. ; to the
poor of the Parish of
Pakenham, 40s. ; to
Mrs. Elizabeth Sa-
yer, his partner's moth-
er, £3, to buy a gold
ring; to his bro., Henry Bright, £100; to his bro.,
Thomas Bright, £100. Appoints his bros. Henry and Thomas
executors. This latter, Thomas, was quite wealthy and d.
in June, 1698.
160. iv. MARY. b. .
161. V. MARGARET, b. ; m. Meadows.
116. JOHN FISKE (William, John, William, Thomas, William, Symond),
b. in England, ; m. Alice Hart, dau. of William, of Beeston, County Nor-
folk, Eng.; res. , Eng.
118. SAMUEL FISKE (William, John, William, Thomas, William, Sy-
mond), b. in England; m. ; res. England.
162. i. ELIZABETH, b. in England. On the death of Mrs. Elizabeth
Fiske, of Sandcroft, widow of Eleazar, of Metfield, she gave
Elizabeth, dau. of Samuel, ten shillings.
125. JOHN FISKE (William, Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond),
Td. St. James, Eng.. •,; m. Anne Lantersee, dau. of Robert Lantersee; d. on
NETHERHALL, THURSTON, ENGLAND.
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board ship in 1637, bound for New England. John Fiske, the father, died in
1633. His wife was Anne, daughter of Robert Lantersee. These are the four
persons of one family, two brothers and two sisters, all married, and who Mather
speaks of in the Magnalia, part 3, page 141, and what had not been related,
corresponds with what he says of this family being descended of prosecuted an-
cestors. The two brothers were. John and William. He d. in 1633; res. St.
James, So. Elmham, Eng.
163. i. JOHN, b. in So. Elmham, 1601; m. Ann Gipps and Mrs. Eliza-
beth Henchman.
-164. ii. WILLIAM, b. in England; m. Bridgett Muskett.
165. iii. ANNE, b. in England; m. Francis Chickering. The same, who
came to America in 1637 and who was made freeman May 13,
1640. Who this Francis Chickering was I know not, further
than is to be found in the Candler manuscript in the British
Museum, which gives no description of him; but in Savage's
Winthrop, note to Vol. i, page 84, the Rev. Mr. Chickering,
mmister of Woburn, is mentioned, who might be supposed to
be a relative. Candler, in his manuscript, speaks of another
Chickering, whose Christian name was unknown, to whom he
married the widow of a first cousin of Candler's father, Ben-
jamin Smith, farmer of Northall, in Wrentham. (Our Henry
Chickering, of Dedham, was probably a brother of Francis.)
This Mr. Chickering, he further says, went to New England
after the death of his wife. Benjamin Smith was brother to
Sarah, wife of David Fiske, emigrant. They res. in Dedham.
He belonged to an artillery company in 1643 and later was
Ensign. He was representative in 1644 and 1653. Their ch.
were: Ann and Mary, b. in England; Elizabeth,
b. Aug. 26, 1638, d. young; Bertha, b. Dec. 23, 1640;
Esther, b. Nov. 4, 1643; John, b. April 19, 1646, d. young;
Mercy, b. April 10, 1648.
Anne, the wife, died before 1650, for he then married, June
16. 1650, Mrs. Sarah Libby.
166. iv. MARTHA, b. in England; m. in England Capt. Edmund Thomp-
son, a son of John Thompson, of Holkham, in Norfolk, by
Anne, his wife, dau. of John Hastings of that place. They had
four ch. born in New England: Martha, Edmund, Thomas,
bap. Feb. 12, 1643; and Hannah, bap. July 4, 1647. They re-
turned to England and resided ?t Yarmouth, where they had
three ch. born to them: John, Esther and John, who all d. in
infancy. Candler informs us that Captain Thompson, who was
a sea captain, served the States of Holland after the death of
King Charles the First. He first resided in Salem, Mass., in
1637. Dec. 29, 1639, he was admitted to the church. .
167. v. NATHAN, b. in England; d. in infancy.
168. vi. ELEAZER, b. So. Elmham, Eng. He was mentioned in his
grandfather's will.
126. NATHANIEL FISKE (William, Robert, Simon, Simon, William,
Symond), b. in England ; m. Mps. Alice (Henel) Leman. He is named in
the wills of his father. Uncle Eleazer and Cousin Eleazer; res. Weybred, Eng.
169. i. NATHANIEL, b. in Weybred, Eng.; m. Dorothy Symonds.
170. ii. SARAH, b. in Weybred, Eng.; m. Robert Rogers.
134. DAVID FISKE (Jeffrey, Robert, Simon, Simon, William. Symond),
He was ofWatertown, was admitted a freeman of the colony in Mar., 1637-8. He had
come to America, probably the preceding year, as he was not a proprietor until
Feb., 1637. Before 1644 he was a grrmtee of one lot and a purchaser of six other
lots. His homestall of twenty-two acres was granted to John Kingsbury, of whom
he had purchased it just prior to his removal to Dedham. This latter property
was bounded on the north by the Cambridge line and the property of J. Coolidge;
south by the highway (Pond Road) ; west by land of J. Coolidge, and east by that
of B. Bullard. The total amount of his real estate was 227 acres. He was a man
of standing in the community and early held office. In 1639 he was elected a
FISKE GENEALOGY.
member of the Board of Selectmen, and again in 1642. Was a juror in 1652-4-5-7.
His will is dated Sept. 10, 1660, and was proved in January following. The in-
strument does not mention the name of his wife, but one daughter. Fitch, and one
son, David, who was sole executor and residuary legatee, giving him his "houses,
lands, cattle and chattels." Signed the mark of David Fiske and seal. (So signed
probably on account of age and infirmity.) Inventory Jan. 10, 1661, £78-9-1.
Aug. 6, 1673, the son sold his homestall and two other lots of his land in Water-
town to John Coolidge. His wife was Sarah Smith, dau. of Edmund Smith, of
Wrentham, Co. Suffolk, Eng.
Middlesex, Probate Records, ''Wills & Inventories," P. 7, Vol. 2. David
Fiske, of Watertown. Will date Sept. 10, 1660. I, David Fiske, of Watertown,
in the County of Middlesex, in New Engl.: being sicke in bodj^ but of perfect
memorj," &c. * * =i- ••& having given a writing under my hand to my sonne
in law Fitch, of some L tices (articles) that he is to have after my decease, as my
best bed & a bolster & 2 coverlets & a pot & a kettle, and these ytices being
taken out, I do dispose of the rest of my goods as followeth: I give & bequeath
to my grand-children to be divided amongst them, all my wealth by equall and
portions. It. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Fitch five pounds, to be
paid her within a year after my decease. And all the rest of my estate that is not
in this my will disposed off, as Houses, lands, cattle, chattels, I do give & bequeath
to my Sonne David Fiske, & do make him my sole exectutor, he to pay all my
debts, &c., &c. THE MARKE OF DAVID FISKE. X
Witness Jn. Coolidge: Thomas Hastings.
Appr. 22:11:1661.
He d. in 1660; res. Watertown, Mass.
171. i. MARTHA, b. in England; m. Thomas Fitch, of Watertown.
He was a cordwainer and resided in Boston. Was one of the
merchants and traders of that city who petitioned for a bank-
rupt law in June, 1701. He was a freeman in 1666. He d.
in 1678. Ch.: (i) Martha, b. Nov. 9, 1656; (2) Mary, b. Feb.
i7> 1659; (3) Sarah, b. June 14, 1661; (4) Elizabeth, b. Aug. 2
(bap. in the First ch. Sept. 4, 1664. The father was then of
Watertown) ; (5) Thomas, b. Feb. 5, 1669. ., — t^*^. ^
172. ii. DAVID, b. in England 1624; m. Lydia^Cooper and Seaborn Wil-
son.
137. CAPT. PHINEHAS FISKE (Thomas, Robert, Simon, Simon, William,
Symond), b. England, in Laxfield; m. there m 1638 Sarah ; d. Sept. 10, 1659;
m. 2d in Wenham, June 4, 1660, Elizabeth Easterick. Phineas Fiske, a freeman
in Wenham, 1642, one of the first settlers, and until his death a leading citizen of
that town, was the youngest son of Thomas Fiske. of England, and a grandson
of Robert and Sybil (Gould) Fiske, of Laxfield, County of Suffolk. He was a
captain of the militia in Wenham, and constable in 1644; Representative to the
General Court in 1653; appointed "Commissioner to end small causes" — probably
a Justice — in 1654; and his estate was settled upon his decease in 1673. Phineas
Fiske (sometimes spelled Phinehas) was twice married. His first wife, Sarab,
and mother of his children, died in 1659; and in 1660 he married Elizabeth Easter-
ick. His will — the first of the Fiskes found on the I'ecords — was made in
March and proved in June of 1673, in which mention is made of sons James,
John and Thomas Fiske, but not of wife (perhaps deceased) or daughters.
Among his legatees were "nephews Samuel, who was to have his great Bible,
and Mark Fiske." All of the foregoing were evidently born in England some
years before emigration, for son James was freeman same year with his father
(1642), and Thomas, the youngest, according to a certain deposition, was at tint
time about twelve j^ears old. The family most probably came out in company
with their relatives, Rev. John and William Fiske, as their names appear simul-
taneously (in 1641) on the records of Salem Church.
Wenham, Massachusetts, where he resided, was the last of the seven towns
in Essex County that was set off from Salem, and is situated about twenty-two
miles northeast of Boston. The general surface of the country is level, the soil
fruitful, well watered and productive. In olden times the village of Wenham
was recorded as remarkable for its quiet arcadian beauty, and its principal lake
has obtained celebrity for the purity of its waters. The town was incorporated
l\
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in 1643. Its settlers and principal inhabitants, like 'hose of the most of the older
towns, were Puritans, taken from the great middle class of Englishmen who have
always been the backbone of the nation. Intelligent, religious, hardy and in-
dustrious, they were undoubtedly the best as to character of any emigrants ever
brought to this country. Their influence in shaping the destiny of the nation is
apparent in the high rank JNIassachusetts has always taken among her sister
states. From the Wenham town records it is learned that "Phineas Fisk was
the first constable, and he, with Charles Gott and John Fisk, constituted the first
board of selectmen; Wm. Fisk was town clerk." Capt. Phinehas was repre-
sentative to the general court in 1653. His will was proved June 26, 1673. One
witness was Samuel Fisk. Legatees son James to have one-half the house and
land, sons John and Thomas to have the remainder, nephew Samuel to have his
great Bible, and Mark Fisk some articles of bedding (above from Salem court
records). He d. June 7, 1673; res. England, Salem and Wenham, Mass.
., ' "^yZ- i- JAMES, b. in England; m. Anna and Hannah Pike.
174. ii. JOHN, b. in England: m. Remember .
"^ 175. iii. THOMAS, b. in England, 1632; m. Peggy .
143. NICHOLAS FISKE (William, Nicholas, Simon, Simon, William, Sy-
niond), b. in Laxfield, Eng., ; m. Rebecca ; d. at Laxfield, Jan. 16,
1623-4. He d. ; res. Laxfield, Eng.
176. i. ANNE, bap. July i, 1579.
177. ii. MARY, bap. Nov. 12, 1581.
178. iii. REBECCA, bap. July 26, 1584.
179. iv. JOHN, bap. at Laxfield, Eng.; m. Mary Bade.
163. REV. JOHN FISKE (John, William, Robert, Simon, Simon, William,
Symond), b. St. James Parish, South Elmham, Suffolk County, Eng., 1601; m.
1629, Ann Gipps, of Frinshall, in Norfolk, England; d. in Chelmsford Feb. 14,
1672; m. 2d, Aug. I, 1672, Mrs. Elizabeth Henchman, widow of Edmund.
The earliest of the Wenham town records extant is a grant of twenty acres
of land to the town, one-half of it by Mr. Smith, on one side of the meeting house,
and the other half by Mr. John Fisk, on the other side of it. This grant, which was
made March 2, 1642, appears to have been divided into two-acre lots, which were
given to actual settleii on condition of building upon them dwellings for them-
selves and their families. But in case that any such should wish to remove from
the village they were required to oft'er their places for sale first to "the Plantation."
The object of this arrangement was to encourage actual settlers, and also to form
a village about the middle of the town. From these votes it appears that a meet-
ing house, at least a temporary one, had already been built. It is supposed to have
stood on or near the spot occupied by that built in 1664, viz., upon the eminence
near the house at one time belonging to Mr. Henry Tarr.
There cannot be a doubt that John is the "Mr. John Fiske" who was made a
freeman at a court held in March, 1637-8 (Savage's Winthrop, Vol. 2, p. 367).
Mather says that he was "the elder brother," and that he died Jan. 14, 1676.
His wife was Ann Gipps, of Frinshall, in Norfolk. They had a child, who was
born at Frinshall, but died in infancy. A son, Nathaniel, died an infant. Three
other children, John, Sarah and Closes, were born in New England, and here
Candler's account in his manuscript in the British Museum of this branch of
family ends.
Rev. John Fiske (by Cotton Mather). Among the writers of the Gospel with
which the primitive church was blessed was "Luke, the beloved Physician," of
whom Jerom elegantly says that as the Apostles from fishers of fish became
fishers of men; so from a physician of bodies Luke was made a physician of souls;
and as his book is read in the church his medicine will not cease. So among the
first preachers who rendered the primitive times of New England happy, there
was one who might likewise be called a "beloved physician," one to whom there
might also be given the eulogy which the ancients think was given to Luke, a
brother whose praise was the gospel throughout all the churches. This was Mr.
John Fiske. Mr. Fiske was born in the Parish of St. James, in the County of
Suffolk, England, about the year 1601, of pious parents. His grandparents and
great-grandparents were eminently zealous in the true religion. In the reign of
Queen Mary, of six brothers of this name, three were Papists and three were
Protestants. Tw'o of the latter were grievously persecuted. The one from whom
FISKE GENEALOGY. 53
John, the subject of this memoir, descended, was, to avoid burning, hid many
months in a wood pile and afterward half a year in a cellar, where he wrought by
candle light at manufactures and remained undiscovered. But his many hardships
brought on excessive bleeding, which shortened his days and added to "the cry
of the souls under the altar." John was the eldest of four children, who all came
with him to New England and left posterity with whom God established His Holy
Covenant. His parents having devoted him to the Lord Jesus Christ, sent him
first to a grammar school at a distance of two miles from their abode. Being
there fitted for the university, he was sent to Immanuel College, Cambridge,
where he resided until he took his first degree. Having spent some considerable
time in preparatory studies he entered upon the work to which he had been de-
voted and which was his favorite object, the preaching of the Gospel. In this
pursuit he would have continued had not Satan hindered him. The conformity
act was odious to him. Its friends and supporters "breathed out slanders and the
silencers pressed so hard upon him for his non-conformity, that upon the advice
of his friends he relinquished the ministry and turned his attention to the study of
physics. After a thorough examination he obtained license for public practice.
At the age of 28 years he married a virtuous and amiable woman, who did him
good and not evil all her days. She was the sharer and soother of all his tribula-
tions until about three years before his death, when she left him to go to be with
Christ. In 1633 his father died and left him in charge of his mother, two sisters
and yoimger brother. This event dissolved the strongest ties that bound him to
his native soil and removed every obstruction that seemed to be in the way to the
engagement of his favorite pursuit. He resolved on going to New England, where
he saw an opportunity for the quiet exercise of his ministry. He went on board a
ship in disguise to avoid the fury of his persecutors. After they had passed the
land's end, he entertained the passengers with two sermons a day, besides other
agreeable discourses and devotional exercises, which filled the voyage with so much
religion that one of the passengers being examined about his trying to divert
himself with a hook and line on the Lord's daj'', protested that he did not know
when the Lord's day was; he thought every day was a Sabbath day, for they did
nothing but pray and preach all the week long. Mr. Fiske arrived in New Eng-
land in the year 1637. His aged mother died quickly after he came on board, and
his only infant quickly after he came on shore. He came well stocked with ser-
vants and all sorts of tools for husbandry and carpentry, and with provisions to
support his family in a wilderness three years; out of which he charitably let a con-
siderable quantity to the country, which he then found in the distresses of a war
with the Pequot Indians.
The most prominent name among the first settlers of the town of Wenham
was that of Fisk. Rev. John Fisk, who came from the County of Suffolk, in
England, was the first minister of the place. As the parish of Wenham, in Eng-
land, lies in the same county, it is not unlikely that the name of the town was
taken from the original residence of this family. Rev. Mr. Fisk, after a residence
of twelve years in Wenham, removed to Chelmsford, where he died. Besides
him, three others of the name of Fisk were among the original settlers, and did
not leave with the colony that removed to Chelmsford. They appear to have
been men of property, and acted an important part in the infant settlement. Capt.
Phineas and John Fisk were two of the first board of selectmen, and Hon. Wm.
Fisk was the first town clerk. From the frequency with which the name occurs
in the early records of baptisms, the descendants of the family appear to have
been numerous, and for an hundred years or more they acted a prominent part
in town affairs. Three of them, at different periods, held the oiilice of deacon of
the cluirch. Out of thirty-five times that the town sent a deputy to the General
Court, before 1720, it was represented twenty times by some one of this name.
The first schoolmaster and the first commander of the militia, appointed in Wen-
ham, was Capt. Thomas Fisk, who, for a period of twenty or thirty years, appears
to have been the most important man in the town. As early as 1655 he was ap-
pointed town clerk, and two-pence granted to him for every order he should
record. The first book of the town records is mostly in his hand-writing, which
is not quite as legible as that of the best writing masters. He was a prominent
actor in the series of measures which resulted in the division of the common
lands. There continued to be several of the name in the place until the latter
part of the last century, when it was reduced to a single family. Several farms
54 FISKE GENEALOGY.
have been at different times in possession of the family. The place, however,
where they lived longest, and which is the most identified with their name, was
on a lane leading from the Ober place (so-called) towards Wenham causeway.
An old cellar alone remanis to mark the spot, where generations lived, labored,
and passed away.
The next year, Mr. John Fisk, who had taught the first grammar school
established in Salem, and while thus engaged had occasionally assisted Mr. Peters
in his ministerial labors, removed to Wenham, and through his efforts a church
was regularly organi;:ed on the 8th of October, 1644. He at once became its pas-
tor, and continued his labors in the town till 1656, apparently much to the satis-
faction of the people. To the duties of the pastor he added those of physician, bO
that Cotton Mather remarks concerning him: "Among the most famous preachers
and writers of the gor.pel, with whom the primitive church was blessed, there was
Luke, the beloved physician, the blessed scholar and colleague of the Apostle
Paul." .
I'his appears like higii eulogy, but for the times in which he lived, Mr. Fisk
was evidently a superior man. He was descended from pious ancestry, and was
early devoted to the service of Christ and the church. His parents, after carefully
instructing him at home, sent him to the giammar school and afterwards to the
university. He graduated at Lnmanuel College, Cambridge, and after studying
theology was engaged for several years in the work of the ministrj'. In conse-
quence, however, of the persecution then carried on against the Puritans and the
difficulties and annoj^ances in the way of preaching, in accordance with the advice
of his friends, he turned his attention to medicine, and obtained the usual license
to practice as a physician. Yet he was still so desirous to resume the labors of
the ministry that he determined to remove to America. He had previously mar-
ried a lady of high rank and uncommon worth. To her parents his purpose to
come to America was so disagreeable that they resolved to deprive him of several
hundred pounds, which were the just share of his wife in her father's estate. At
the call of duty, however, he did not hesitate to sacrifice property and all the en-
dearments of home and kindred. Disguising himself to escape the fury of his
persecutors, he embarked, in company with the Rev. John Allen, afterwards the
first minister of Dedham.
After arriving in this country, Mr. Fisk appears to have taught some years
in Cambridge, and afterwards in Salem. Of his services in the latter city, the
Mayor of Salem, in a public address in 1842 says: "'We may all be proud of the
honest fame of the first teacher of our grammar school. He was, by the concur-
rent testimony of the most learned and honored of his day and generation,
ranked high in the list of able, useful and devoted ministers of the gospel. One
of his scholars was Sir George Downing, who was a member of the first class
that graduated at Harvard College, and who was afterwards minister for Crom-
well and Charles H. j.t The Hague." His pupils, it is said, were fitted "to read
any classical authors into English, and readily make and speak true Latin, and
write it in verse as well as prose, and perfectly to decline the paradigms of nouns
and verbs in the Greek tongue."
Preferring, however, the w^ork of the ministry to the labors of the teacher,
he gave up his school in 1643, and, removing to Wenham, joined his fortunes to
those of the infant plantation. Upon what salary he was settled we have no
means of ascertaining. A piece of land appears to have been granted to him,
and in addition to this, he had probably such contributions as the people were
able to raise. It is stated that "he drew largely upon his own estate for the ben-
efit of the new plantation." (In 164J he gave ten acres of land for the benefit of
the church and society). In 1654 it was voted by the town that "the yearly main-
tenance of our minister shall bee fortie pounds a year, whether Mr. Fisk stay
among us, or we procure another;" and again, that "Mr. Gott, James Moulton
and John Fisk are chosen to go to Mr. Miller, to give him a call in case Mr. Fisk
leaveth us." December, 1655, it was ordered "that in case Mr. Brock be secured
to stay amongst us, whatsoever the town hath engaged, or shall be levied on any
land, shall be paid, two-thirds part in wheat, barley or peas, butter or pork, and
the other third part in Indian corn." In consequence of the extreme scarcity of
money, taxes and contributions were very generally paid in produce. According
to the expenses of living and the means of the people, £40 a year would seem to
be full as large a salary as is now usually paid in country towns.
FISKE GENEALOGY. 55
From the previoDS votes, it appears that Mr. Fisk had already formed the
purpose of leavmg Wcnham. He remained, however, till 1656, when, with a ma-
jority of the church, ne removed to Chelmsford, where he lived for twenty years,
discharging the duties at once of the minister and the physician. "For twenty
years," says Cotton Mather, "did he shine in the golden candlestick of Chelms-
ford, a plam, but an able, powerful and useful preacher of the gospel, rarely, if
ever, by sickness hindered from the exercise of his ministry." He died m his new
field of labor in 1676, at the advanced age of 75.
Rev. W. Allen, in his history of Chelmsford, has given high testimony to the
value of Mr. Fisk's labors in that town. The trials and hardships which he was
there called to endure, might have disheartened youthful vigor, but were borne
\ with fortitude and even cheerfulness. For the use of his flock, he wrote a cate-
• chism entitled, "Watering of the Olive Plants in Christ's Garden." This little
\ work IS moderate m doctrine, catholic in spirit, and admirably designed." His
) epitaph in Latin is as iollows: "vixi et quem dederas cursum mihi Christe peregi,
' pertaesus vitae, snaviter opto mori." (I have lived and finished the work which
Thou, Saviour, didst give me; weary of life, I long to depart in peace.)
. Rev. John Fiske, of Chelmsford, made his will June 18, 1674, which was proved
by Samuel Foster, Sr. and Jr., Feb. 22. 1676. The other witness was Edward
Spalding. The inventory of the estate was taken 2, 11. 1676 by Samuel Adams,
Samuel Foster, Sr., and Abraham Parker. £703-3-10, made oath to by his son
Moses, the executor, April 4, 1677. Items, homestead, including a sheep pasture
on each side of the brook, meadow on Beaver Brooke; thirty-four
acres on great brooke; six acres on Merrimack river; ' upland on
Great Tadnicte meadow at son's place; twenty acres at great pine
playne, a part of Mr. John Fiske, Jr.'s, homestead, on which his father, the
testator, had built a house for him; meadow purchased of Capt. James Parker;
library, which was valued at £60; a still; gaily patts; scales and wts., writing his
will with his own hand. Legatees, wife Elizabeth brought when married to him
household goods, also "bees." He gave to son John, who was the eldest son, and
at that time had wife Lydia had a certain legacy which if they deceased leaving no
children, one-half of it was to go to son Moses and one-half to daughters Sarah
Martha Burton and Anne Thompson, who were then of Salem, and each a legacy,
from Mr. John Evered, alias Web. deceased. She was the youngest daughter, also
unmarried, and Moses, her brother, was to be her guardian.
Daughter Sarah was then the wife of John Farwell, of Concord, but at that
time, it seems, had no children.
Brother William, late of Wenham, deceased, left William for his eldest son
and other children, who had legacies.
Sister Rix, of Salem, who was called mother to said children, of brother
William..
Sister Martha Thompson, formerly of Salem, deceased, had left daughters
Martha Burton and Anne Thompson, who were then of Salem, and each a legacy.
Son Moses, the testator's youngest son, to be executor and have the residue,
including the homestead, and he was to put up a stone monument where the widow
should be buried.
Rev. John Fiske'? bounds, etc., according to the evidence of Samuel Moulton.
then Dec. i, 1698, "of ye town of Rehoboth, formerly of Wenham, being fifty-
seven years of age or thereabouts, & "ye bounds between ye lands of Mr. John
Fiske & James Moulton senr., both of them formerly of Wenham now deceased
which bounds are as followeth & lands in the possession of Samuel Kemball &
John Porter is a rock now placed near ye house which was formerly ye
said Deponents from thence northward to a red oake which was formerly ye said
Deponents from thence northward to a red oake which was ye bounds between ye
lands of Mr. John Fiske & James Moulton ***** as ye line runs be-
tween ye land of said Shipleys & Mr. John Fiske farme to Pleasant Ponde which
was in the possession of Samuel Kemball & John Porter when I came from Wen-
ham ¥ * * * ;,., 1652— this was dated as above.
He d. Jan. 14, 1676-7; res. Cambridge, Salem and Chelmsford, Mass.
180. i. JOHN, b. Frinshall, Aug. 29, 1638; d. infancy ae. 9.
181. ii. NATHANIEL, b.in England; d. infancy; "d. in 1637, quickly
after he came ashore." [Mather.]
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182. iii. JOHN, b. in England; m. 1666 Lydia Fletcher. He d. s. p. in
1700, leaving his estate to his brother Moses, of Braintree.
183. iv. SARAH, bap. July 26, 1640; m. John Far well, of Concord.
184. V. MOSES, b. April 12, 1642; m. Sarah Symnies and Mrs. Ann
Quincy.
185. vi. ANN, b. Jan. 15, 1646; m. Capt. John Brown, of Reading. She
d. May 30, 1681. They res. in Reading. She had one child,
Ann, b. in 1678. After his wife's death Capt. Brown
m. the widow of Rev. Joseph Emerson, of Mendon,
South Reading, Mass., Burial Inscription. — "Here lyes
the body of Anna Fiske, first wife of Capt. John
Brown, Esquire, who dyed May 30, 1681, in her
36th year." Note. — She was the daughter of Rev. John Fiske,
the first minister of Wenham and of Chelmsford. She was
the great-great-grandmother of Rev. Reuben Emerson, and
great-great-great-grandmother of Rev. Alfred Emerson, at
one time the Associate Pastors of the ist Parish in South
Reading.
His will is dated June 18, 1674, and was proved Feb. 22,
1676. It occupies twelve pages in the probate records.
186. vii. ELIEZUR, bap. Feb. 14, 1647; d. young.
164. HON. WILLIAM FISKE (John, William, Robert, Simon, Simon, Wil-
liam, Symond), b. England, about 1613; m. at Salem, 1643, Bridgett Muskett of
Pelham, England. After his death she m. 2d, Nov. 3, 1661, Thomas Rix of Salem,
surgeon. They had one child, Theophilus, b. Aug. 20, 1665. "William, the other
son of John senior, and brother of John junior, who emigrated, is probably the
William Fiske, who, in 1642, was admitted a freeman." (Candler's Manuscript in
the British Museum.) I shall now forbear special reference to Mr. Savage's vol-
ume of these admissions. William died in New England in 1654. He married
Bridgett Muskett of Pelham, by whom he had William, Samuel, Joseph, Benjanun
and Martha. William Fiske was of Salem in 1637, which year he arrived from
England and was brother, of Rev. John, with whom he came over. He had a
grant of land that year and was made freeman May 18, 1642, and member of the
Salem church July 2, 1641. Soon after he removed to Wenham, where he was
the first town clerk or clerk of the writs, from 1643 to 1660. In the Colonial Record
is a settlement of rights between William and his brother John, by which it seems
he was under 24 years of age in Sept., 1638. Endicott, Hathorne, and two others
of the men of Salem made the terms of agreement. He was elected representative
to the General Court of the Commonwealth in 1647 and continued in that office
until the year 1652, being annually re-elected. He enjoyed to a large extent the
esteem and confidence of his fellow citizens. He died quite suddenly in 1654, having
served his townsmen in all the of^ces in the town. He died intestate, prob-
ably his death was caused by some disease. Letters of administration were granted
by the court to "Widow Bridget Fiske July 16, 1654, and provision made for the
children, viz.: Wm., Samuel, Joseph, Benjamin and Martha. There are no rec-
ords of births in Wenham prior to 1686.
In 1643, according to the Wenham town records, Wm. Fisk received liberty
from the General Court to keep an ordinary (public house), and in 1646 was
licensed "to sell wine and strong water;" which privileges were a few years later
transferred to Phineas Fisk. One of the appraisers of his property was Phinehas
Fisk and one of the items was a "sign with the sign post."
Abstracts from Essex County Judicial Court records: Wm. Fiske, Pit.
against Wm. Pester, Deft, of case, court ordered Mr. Pester to pay 20s. upon Mr.
Fiske his oath, 31st, loth mo. 1639. (Vol. I., p. 29.)
Wm. Fiske Pit. aganst Mathew Water, Deft, of case. Jury find for ye PlL
for the house he hired twentie shillings. Three shillings witnesses & fyve shillings
coste and to finish the house within 14 days or elce be liable to all damages &
the of the to answer Mr. Fiske servant (Joseph Haungton). Loss
of tyme going so farr further to work ye he needed to have done. 30, ist mo.
1641. (Vol. I., p. 51.)
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COUNTY COURT RECORD, SALEM.
Wm. Fiske chosen clerk of the market for the town of Wenham, 7th mo., 1649,
and was to hold the office until another was chosen.
Wm. Fiske of Wenham on gurj' of tryal 25, 10 m., 1649 & 24th, 4, 1651.
The following is a copy of the first town records of Wenham and shows the
important part the Fiskes took in the proceedings:
The first entry on record (date worn ofif but probably 1642 or 3 as the next
date was 1643 when Esdras Rread (Read prob.) had a grant of land dated 1643),
was the following, viz.: "There is given unto Wenham twenty acres of ground
being laid out of eyther side of ye meetinghouse ten acres given by Mr. Smith
out of his farme and laid out by him beginning wth ye bounds at ye upper end
of Phineas Fisk's Lott & soe to ye swamp and the other ten acres given by Mr.
John Fiske being laid out joyning to it on ye sd. of ye meetinghouse.
1644, Dec. 4. Wm. Fiske chosen clerk of the writs and Phmeas for constable.
And same year W^m. Fisk was one of a committee to lay out a High Drift Way.
1645. Wm. Fisk was made choise of for grand jury.
1654. John Fiske chosen to join with the celect men to make the countery
Ratte. Thos. Fiske chosen clerk of the writts. John Fisk chosen constable,
& Jan. r, 1654, Phineas was chosen commissioner to end small causes. Thos.
chosen surveyor of the Pound — to have "four pence for every time unpound-
ing." John Fisk chosen clerk of the market 6th, 12th mo., 1654. Ordered that
the minister have fortie pounds a year whether Mr. Fiske stays & settle amongst
us or we another. "Mr. Gott, James Moulton & John Fiske."
"The widdow of William Fiske of Wenham presenicu an inventory to ihis
court of her husband's estate amounting to the some of i4ii 12s. od., dyeing
intest & leaving five children. This court directs administration unto the
widow Bridgett Fiske she giving security by her owne hand & by her house &
land for the payment of ten pounds to the eldest sonne 5£ to Sam'l the next &
3£ a pece to the rest of the children when they come to age she to Injoy the whole
Estate." 26th. 7th mo., 1654. (Court Records at Ipswich.)
He d. Sept., 1654; res. Wenham. Mass.
,^187. i. WILLLA^M, bap. June 4. 1642-3; m. Sarah Kilham.
188. ii. SAMUEL, b. in Wenham; m. Phebe Bragg and Mrs. Hannah
Allen.
189. iii. JOSEPH, b. in Wenham; m. Elizabeth Haman.
190. iv. BENJAIMIN, b. in Wenham; m. Bethusha Morse.
191. v. MARTHA, b. in Wenham.
169. NATHANIEL FiSKE (Nathaniel, William, Robert, Simon, Simon, Wil-
liam, Symond) b. Weybred, SufTolk Co., Eng. ; m. Dorothy Symonds of Wend-
ham, dau. of John. There is a tradition in the family that he died on the passage
to New England; res. Weybred, Eng.
192. i. JOHN, b. about 1619; m. Sarah Wyeth.
193. ii. NATHAN, b. in England; m. Susanna .
194. iii. ESTHER, b. in England.
195. iv. MARTHA, b. in England; m. Martin Underwood. Candler
says in his manuscript: A Martha Fiske, another descendant,
married an Underwood, and emigrated to America, whose hus-
band was probably the Martin Underwood who had his free-
dom in 1634. Indeed it is uncertain whether Candler did not
mean to say that Jeffrey Fiske himself emigrated.
He was b. 1596 and with his wife, who he had married in
England, embarked in April, 1634 at Ipswich, for New Eng-
land. He settled in Wat. and was admitted freeman Sept. 3,
1634. He was a cloth manufacturer or weaver. He d. s. p,
Nov. 17, 1672. By his will, dated Aug. 23, 1663, proved Dec.
TO, 1672, he gave the use of his estate to his wife and after
her decease gave it all to his cousin (nephew), Nathan Fiske,
Jr., and after his death to his brother, John Fiske. To his
sister's children, if they come over from England, 20s. each.
After his decease, his widow lived with her brother, Nathan
Fiske, Sr. She d. May 6, 1684 ac. 82.
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172. LIEUT. DAVID FISKE, ESQ. (David, Jeffrey, Robert, Simon, Si-
mon, William, Symond), b. in England in 1624. He was ''a planter" and was ad-
mitted a freeman of the Colony May 26, 1647. He settled in Cambridge at first, or
soon after in Cambridge Farms (Lexington). He m. 1646 Lydia Cooper, sister
of Dea. John Cooper, with whom he came over, and step-daughter of Dea. Greg-
orj' Stone, by whom he had three ch. ; she d. Nov. 29, 1654; m. 2d, Sept. 6, 1655,
Seaborn Wilson, of Ipswich, dau. of Theophilus Wilson. Wilson — Theophilus, of
Ipswich, made his will Oct. 3, 1690, which was proved March 31, 1691. Inv. Jan.
28, 1690. He mentioned son Thomas, grandchild Elizth. Lovel, granddau. Elizth.
Russell, grandchild Thomas Finder, "and I do make my son John Finder and my
son David Fiske my executors." Cousin Nathl. Tredwell was overseer of the will.
Seaborn Fiske, of Lexington, Middlesex Co., Mass., for i8 in money sold to
Alexander Lovell, cordwainer, and Thos. Lovell, currier, both of Ipswich, her
undivided common right in Ipswich the "said right of land being left to me ye sd.
Fiske by my Honored father, Theophilus Wilson, of Ipswich, deceased, for part
of portion ye above granted premisses together with ye ways, uses," &c., making
her marke March 3, 171 7.
Seaborn Fiske, only surviving daughter and heir of Mr. Theophilus Wilson,
late of Ipswich, deed., conveying to her kinsmen, Thomas and Alexander Lovell's,
of Ipswich, &c., see above ack. before Jono. Tyng, of Middlex Co., July 3, 1719.
She d. in Woburn Jan. 12, 1721. His will was dated June 23, 1708, and is proved
Dec. 20, 171 1. It mentions his wife. Seaborn; son Nicholas Wyeth, his dau. being
dead; children David, Elizabeth, Anna, and Abigail; cousin Samuel, son of Dea.
Samuel Stone. Inventory Feb. 14, 1710, £405-17-6. Oct. 16, 1676, he his wife
Seaborn sold to Samuel Page 149 acres of land in Watertown, granted to his
father. Oct. 6, 1663, the court allowed him los. each for seven wolf's whelps
heads.
David, says Paige, in his History of Cambridge, rem. from Watertown to
Camb. about 1646, and i^es. on the northerly side of Linnaean street, near the
Botanic Garden, which estate he sold to Joseph Daniel 13 Dec. 1660, and prob.
rem. to the Farms (Lex.) about the same time. He was a wheelwright, but much
employed in public service, especially as a surveyor of lands. He was Selectman
1688, and Representative in the critical period of 1689. He was one of the most
prominent men in the settlement at the Farms; precinct clerk and assessor; the
first subscriber for erecting a meeting house there, and the first named member
of the Church. In 1675 the work of settlement at Worcester was prosecuted with
vigor, about the middle of April surveys were made of the lands by David Fiske,
of Cambridge. Partial surveys were made in May, 1685 (at Worcester), a lot
was laid out for Gookin of 100 acres on the east side of Pakachoag Hill and an-
other lot of- 80 acres on Raccoon Plain. There were present at this time David
Fiske, the surveyor, and others. [History of Worcester.]
"David Fiske," says Hudson, in his Hist, of Lex., "was not only one of the
first settlers, but became one of the most prominent and useful men in the pre-
cinct. He headed the subscription for a meeting house in 1692, and on the organ-
ization of the parish the year after, he was chosen clerk, and one of the selectmen
or assessors. He was also chosen chairman of a committee to purchase of the
town of Camb. a lot of land for the support of the ministry. These and other
similar olifices he frequently held under the Parish. He was also a member of the
church organized in 1696, and his wife immediately after removed hei relation
from the church in Camb. to the church gathered in the precinct. He not only
served his fellow-citizens in a civil and religious, but also in a military capacity,
as appears by the prefix Lieut., which is often in the records connected with his
name. He was often employed by the colony as a surveyor. He resided on Han-
cock St." A handsome monument was erected in 1856 by Benj. Fiske, Esq., with
this inscription:
111 memory of David Fisko, who (tied Feb. 14, 1710, and bis descendants.
Feb. 3, 1720, an agreement was filed in the Midddlesex probate court. It was
between the children of the late Lieut. David Fiske, of Lexington, deceased, viz.,
John and Elizabeth Russell, Henry and Abigail Baldwin, children of the late
Lieut. David Fiske, of Lexington, deceased, and Timothy Carter, of Charlcstov/u,
to the offtce of attorney and trustee for Timothy Carter, of Woburn, his father,
and the children of said Timothy Carter, descendants from the said David riske,
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^9.'
iii.
200.
IV.
201.
V.
202.
VI.
deceased, and between David Fiske, of Lexington, only son of the Sd. deceased,
in order to a final settlement. We have hereunto set our hands and seals the dny
and year first above ritten and Timothy Carter, of Woburn above mentioned, who
married Anna Fiske, daughter of said Lt. Fisk, being present at this agreement
fully concord in the settlement, etc., David Fisk and seal.
John Russell, Henry Baldwin, Timothy Carter, Elizabeth Russell, Abigail
Baldwin, Timothy Carter, Jr.
He d. Feb. 14, 1710; res. Watertown, IMass.
196. i. SARAH, b. May 8, 1646-7; d. in Boston, Nov. 8, 1647.
197. ii. LYDIA, b. in Boston Sept. 29, 1647-8; m. Sept. 6, 1681, Nicholas
Wyeth, Jr., of Cambridge, afterwards of Watertown. He was
the son of Nicholas and Mrs. Rebecca Andrews, his second
wife, by whom he had five ch. born between 1650-59: Lydia
d. s. p. in Watertown March 10, 1697. Nicholas, Jr., then m. 2d,
June 30, 1698, Deborah Parker. They were town charges in
1716 and for some years before. Deborah was a widow in
1723.
DAVID, b. in Boston Sept. i, 1648; d. Sept. 20, 1649.
DAVID, b. April 15, 1650; m. Sarah Dav. :, . , . I\tb^i-i U
SEABORN, b. — — ; d. s. p. " ' •
ELIZABETH, bap. ; m. John Russell, of Cambridge.
ANNAH (Hannah), bap. Nov. 27, 1659; m. May 3, 1680, Timothy
Carter, son of Rev. Thomas Carter, of Watertown and Wo-
burn. Hannah d. Jan. 27, 1715. The father was an inhabitant
in New England as early as 1635. He was one of the elders of
the Watertown church and ordained the first pastor at Wo-
burn in 1642. The ch. of Timothy and Ann were: David, b.
Oct. 17, 1681; Timothy, b. July 12, 1683, d. soon; Ann, b. July
17, 16S4; Timothy, b. Oct. 19, 1686; Theophilus, b. Oct. 20,
1688; Thomas, b. Aug. 17, 1690; Abigail, b. March 18, 1692,
Sarah, b. Nov. 24, 1694; Eliza, b. Aug. 27, 1696; Benjamin, b.
March 22, 1699, d. soon; Mary, b. Jan. 23, 1700; Martha, b.
July 22, 1702; Benjamin, b. Nov. 8, 1704, d. July 8, 1727.
203. vii. ABIGAIL, b. Feb. i, 1674; m. May 4, 1692, Henry Baldwin, of
Woburn. Ch.: Henry, b. Jan. 12, 1693; David, b. April 9,
1696. His son William was graduated at Harvard in 1748 and
Samuel graduated there in 1752; William, b. Feb. 20, 1700;
Abigail, b. Feb. 13, 1702, d. soon; James, b. July 11, 1705, d.
1709; Abigail, b. Nov. 19, 1707; m. John Converse, a son was
Robert Converse; James, b. Oct. 17, 1710; Samuel, b. Aug.
31. 1717-
204. viii. EPHRAIM, b. July 13, 1653; d. Sept. 14, 1653.
173. SERGT. JAMES FISKE (Phinehas, Thomas, Robert, Simon, Simon,
William, Symond), b. Sufi'olk Co., England, ; m. Anna ; m. 2d
Hannah Pike. James Fiske, Sr., eldest son of Phineas, was born in England,
emigrated in 1637, joined Salem Church 1642, was same year freeman, and shortly
after the family were established in Wenham, he removed to Haverhill, Mass.,
where he had several grants of land, the first being m 1646. He was a number of
times a Selectman in Haverhill.
In the general division of lands, in 1661, James Fiske does not appear
among the grantees; had probably then removed, as in 1669 he was one of a
committee in Chelmsford appointed "to lay the land northerly of Groton," in
which latter place he died. . In his will in the Middlesex probate office dated June
14, 1689, proved July 26, 1689, all of the above children, save Ann and James, are
mentioned as legatees, but other parties were executors. James Fiske, and Samuel
Fiske, who appear on Groton records as heads of families — the first m 1690, the
latter in 1704 — were sons of the above. Among the descendants of Samuel, in the
third and fourth generations, may be mentioned Hon. Levi Fiske, of Jaffrey, and
Hoa. Thomas Fiske, of Dublin, N. H., the former a State Senator, 1835-6; the
latter, 1859-60.
The following data relative to James Fiske while residing in Haverhill is taken
from the town records: Attending town meetings was evidently considered by
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our ancestors as a duty each voter owed to the community in which he lived,
and for the neglect of which he deserved punishment. They even considered,
tardiness in attending as meriting rebuke, as we find by the record of Feb. 13, 1647,
that John Ayer, Sr., and James Fiske were fined "for not attending the town meet-
ing in season."
Considerable land was this year granted to individuals west of Little River,
on the Merrimack, and among others James Fiske had liberty to lay down his
land in the plain, "and have it laid out over Little River, Westward."
It was voted this year by the town "that all the meadows shall be laid out by
the I2th of June next, to each man his proportion according to his house lot."
At the same meeting it was "ordered that a committee, of which James Fiske
was one, shall view the upland that is fit to plough, by the last of March or the
tenth of April next, and that they bring in their intelligence to the town by that
time." It was also ordered "that all the undivided land, after all the meadows
and second division of plough land is laid out. shall remain to the same inhabit-
ants the proprietors of the three hundred and six acres, to every one according to
honest and true meaning, all commons remaining in general to them."
James Fiske and Anne, his wyfe, of Haverhill, for 100 pounds, sold to Rev.
John Ward, of Haverhill, Nov. 22, 1659. a Dwelling house and house lot of nine
acres in Haverhill, bounded by land of Richard Littlehale on the west, by Mr.
Ward's on the east and south, by Michael Emerson on the north, etc., also five
acres of planting land in the Playne, bounded on the south by Merrimack river
and north by the common, etc. ; two acres of east meadow, bounded on the east
by a river; two acres of west meadow, with commonages, etc.
Following are the names of those who received a share in this division: "The
lots or draughts for the second division of plough land, with the number of each
man's accommodation: John Fiske, four acres.
Among the noteworthy incidents may be mentioned the case of Robert Pike,
of Salisbury. The court had prohibited Joseph Peasley and Thomas Macy, of Sal-
isbury, from exhorting the people on the Sabbath, in the absence of a minister.
Pike declared that "such persons as did act in making that law, did break their
oath to the country, for it is against the liberty of the country,
both civil and ecclesiastical." For expressing himself in this manner,
he was disfranchised by the General Court, and heavily fined. At the
next May Court, a petition was presented from a large number of the inhabitants
of Hampton, Salisbury, Newbury, Haverhill and Andover. praying that Pike's
sentence might be revoked. Among the names of the Haverhill signers, as copied
from the original petition in the State Archives, is that of James Fiske.
The lots in the fifth division of land were drawn Nov. 20, 1721, and it shows
who, or rather whose representatives, were the commoners at this time. James
Fisk is the forty-second in the list of fifty. They were the heirs and assigns of the
original purchasers, and were at this time considered to be the proprietors of the
undivided lands in the town. (P. 257, Hist, of Haverhill.)
From the Groton records are found the following entries:
Due to James ffisk & Joh. Nuttin twenty shillings for laying out the hie-way
to Chelmsford when they haue perfeted the work wh. they promise to doe as soone
as they can.
James Parker William Lakin James fiisk William Martin & Richard Blood
are chosen Select men this yeare.
James Fisk, the second town clerk, was an original proprietor of Groton, and
the owner of a twenty-acre right. He wrote a good hand, and held the office
during one year.
At a town meeting held 6th May, 1667. The towne hauing another meeting
about a mill it was agreed & by vote Declared the lands & meadows granted to
John Prescott: for to build the towne a mill; namely the 500 acres of vpland and
twenty of meadow together with the mill should be freed from all towns charges
whatsoeuer for the space of twenty years: and this was the vaote of the major
part of the town that was present at this meeting: fouer men manifested their
Descent at y time one of whom was James Fisk.
Att a General Town meeting held 31th 10 May 1666 fifor better pceeding in
settling seates for the women as well as the men. It was agreed & by vote De-
clared that the front Gallery on the north side of the meeting house should be
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divided in the midle; and the mens that shall be placed there; and their wiues are
to be placed by their husbands as they are below.
Same meeting theise men gaue vnto Robert parish sum small grants of vp-
land as follovveth: — James Fiske.
At a meting of the Select men the 27th Dec. 1669, it is ordered that all and
euery inhabitant of the Towne shall bring in a tru invoyce of their pticuler estat
to any one of the select men whensoeuer it is called for or else it must be left to
the discretion of the select men or to a town meeting deputed for that end en-
depted to the towne from James Ffisk Thirteen shillings sixpence.
And further these persons here set downe doe promise and Ingage to git
Mr. Willard hay mowing making and fetching home for eight shilling pr. load
at a seasonable time namely; in the middle of July. James filisk.
At a general towne meeting heM Janevary 13, 1672, this day agreed vpon and
by vot declared that there shalbe a commit choosen for to seat the persons in the
meeting house according to their best discretion and at the sam time a committee
chosen and their names are thess, James fiske.
At a General Town Meeting December 10, 1673 Graunted vnto Alexander
Rousse by the Towne ten acres of vpland.
At a general Towne Meeting December 10, 1673 fifor constable William Long-
ley Seni. For Select men Serg. ffisk.
At a General Towne Meeting helde December 11, 1674 William Longley sene
chusen constable for the year ensueing. Capt. Parker, serge ffisk serge knop
ensine Lawrence Matthias ffarnworth serge Lakin John Morsse chussen for sellect
men. John Morsse chussen Towne Clark.
He d. July 4, 1689; res. Wenham, Haverhill and Groton, INIass.
JAMES, b. Aug. 8, 1649; m. Tabitha Butterick.
JOHN, b. Dec. 10, 1651. There is a tradition that he was killed
in the Indian wars.
ANN, b. May 31, 1654; d. May 31. 1654.
THOMAS, b. Jan. 23, 1655. Probably killed in the Indian wars.
ANN, b. Feb. 11, 1656; probably d. young, as she is not mentioned
in her father's will.
SAMUEL, b. Nov. i, 1658; m. Susanna -.
HANNAH, b. " She was given her father's new house in
his will in 1689.
174. HON. JOHN FISKE (Phinehas, Thomas, Robert, Simon, Simon, Will-
iam, Symond), b. in England, ; m. Dec. 10, 1651, Remember . She
m. 2d in 1689 Dea. William Goodhue, of Ipswich. She was his fourth wife, and d.
Feb. 16, 1702. Goodhue d. in 1699. ae. 86. He was selectman, deacon and repre-
sentative. John Fiske, Sr., second son of Phineas Fiske, of Wenham, was a free-
man in 164Q, constable in 1654, and a representative in 1669 and 1681. He d. intes-
tate in 1683. His property, valued at ^72 pounds, was by decree of court divided
among the following: Widow Remember, and children John, Samuel, Noah,
Waite, Elizabeth and Remember. He was familiarly known as "John, the Con-
stable," to distinguish him from another of the same name. John Fiske was wit-
ness to the will of Thomas Payne in 1638. He was witness to the will of John
Fairfield in 1646, also to will of Christ. Yongs in 1647, and in 1679 a John Fiske
was in account with the estate of Edward Waldern. John Fisk died about one
month previous to the 27th of the ninth month (November), 1683. Widow
Remember and eldest son petitioned for letters of administration at the time
of above date. Court ordered divided as above stated, Samuel having had con-
siderable in father's life time. Son Samuel testifies he is about twenty-four years
of age, had received twenty acres of land upon his marriage with Eliz., daughter
of Lieut. Whipple, of Ipswich. Deed twenty acres says "John Fisk, carpenter,
& wfe Rem'ber, &c., & dated Nov. 10, 1682. Witnessed by Thomas Fisk.
Ipswich records show widow Remember's daughter. Remember mar. Nehe-
miah Abbott in 1690. Her son Sam'l by wife Eliz. had son Increase born
1700 after his decease." John Fiske of Wenham was in the company commanded
by Capt William Turner, Apr. 6, 1676, and in the Falls fight he was left wounded
by Capt. Lathroppe.
May 18. "This day that happened which is worthy to be remembered. For at
North Hampton, Hadly, and the Towns thereabouts, two English Captives, efcap-
205.
206.
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207.
208.
iii.
iv.
209.
v.
210.
vi.
211.
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ing from the Enemj', informed that a confiderable body of Indians had (30) feated
themfelves not far from Pacomtuck, and that they were very fecure: fo that fhould
Forces be fent forth against them, many of the Enemy would (in probabiUty) be
cut ofif, without any difficulty. Hereupon the Spirits of Men in thofe Towns were
raifed with an earneft defire to fee and to try what might be done. They fent to
their neighbors in Conn, for a fupply of men, but none coming, they raifed about
an hundred and four fcore out of their onw towns, who arrived at the Indian Wig-
wams betimes in the morning, finding them fecure indeed, yea all afleep without
having any Scouts abroad, fo that our Souldiers came and put their Guns into their
Wigwams, before the Indians were aware of them, and made a great and notable
flaughter amongft them. Some of the souldiers affirm, that they numbred above
one hundred that lay dead upon the ground, and befides thofe, others told about
an hundred and thirty, who were driven into the River, and there perifhed, being
carried down the Falls. The River Kifhon swept them away, that ancient river,
the river Kifhon, O my foul thou haft troden down ftrength. And all this while
but one Englifh-man killed, and two wounded. But God faw that if 'things had
ended thus, another and not Chrift would have had the Glory of this Victory, and
therefore in his wife providence, he fo difpofed, as that there was at laft fomewhat
a tragical iffue of this expedition. For an Englifh Captive Lad who was found
in the wigwams fpake as if Philip were coming with a thoufand Indians which falfe
report being famed (Fama bella ftant) among the Souldiers, a pannick terror fell
upon many of them, and they hafted homewards in a confuted rout: In the mean
while a party of Indians from an Ifland (whole coming on fhore might eafily have
been prevented, and the souldiers before they fet out from Hadly were earneftly
admonifhed to take care about that matter) affaulted our men; yea, to the great
difhonor of the Englifh, a few Indians purfued our Souldiers four or five miles,
who v/ere in number near twice as many as the Enemy. In this diforder, he that
was at this time the chief Captain, whofe name was Turner, loft his life, he was
purfued through a River, received his fatal ftroke as he paffed through that which
is called the Green River, etc. as he came out of the Water he fell into the hands
of the Uncircumcifed, who ftripped him (as fome who faw it affirm) and rode away
upon his horfe; and between thirty and forty more were loft in this Retreat.
Thefe Falls we once fuggefted fhould have been named Maffacre Falls: but in
all recent geographies and hiftories they are known as Turner's Falls, and we heart-
ily acquiefce in thus defignating them, as it commemorates a brave and excellent
man. I do not remember to have met with an Indian name for Thefe Falls. In
early accounts they are called fimply The Falls, the Falls in the Conn, etc. They
were by fome called Miller's Falls, as they were not far from Miller's river; they
have alfo been called Deeriield Falls."
The power of the Indians was broken in this battle, but the war still continued
in a desultory manner for two years. In these contests the people of Wenham
bore their part in contributions of man as well as of money. The manner in which
the state used to pay the services of its old and faithful soldiers may be seen from
the following order of the General Court, Mar. 18, 1684: "In answer to the peti-
tion of John Fisk, of Wenham, a sore wounded soldier in the late Indian war, and
thereby incapacitated to get his living, humbly desiring the favor of this honored
General Court (having the approbation of the selectmen of said Wenham), to
grant him a license to keep a public house of entertainment, therewith freedom
from county rates, and also to sell drink free from imposts and excises." Consent
was given.
John Fiske of Wenham, assignee of the committee of Salem, for the
building the meeting house, pit. agst Christopher Babag Deft., attachment,
23rd, Qth m., 1675. Babbage, the constable, appealed to high court 21st, 10 m.,
75. Ipswich Court Records.
John Fiske carpenter of Wenham & Remember his wife sendeth greeting
Know yee that upon contract of marriage between my son Sam'l Fiske and Eliza-
beth Whipple of Ipswich I doe give grant enfoffe alienate and sett over a parcell
of land containing about nyne ares being more or less at it lyeth within the lim-
metts of Wenham aforesayd bounded by our brother Thomas Fiske his land east-
ward and the brooke wch runneth out of the great Pond southward and by Mr.
Smiths farme & that land called Goodman Bachelers pasture Northward & West-
ward by the devisionall lyne between our late fathers lott and Richard Goldsmith
late deceased together with all the rest of our meadow lyeing att the lower or south
FISKE GENEALOGY. 68
212.
213.
11.
214.
Ill
end of our land formerly our flfathers as also a convenient high way crose the end
of the said Prcell of land to our brother Thomas Fiske class or Prcell of Meadow
To Have" &c. Nov. 10, 1682.
Witnessed by Thos. Fiske.
I Remember Goodhue being very weak of body aprehensive of not Continue-
ing long in this world yet blessed be god, of perfect understanding & disposing
mind do therefore humbly Recomend my spirit to God in faith and hope of a
Blessed Resurrection to life againe & body to a decent buriall; and after my
funerall Charges are Defrayed and due debts paid, to prevent any Disturbance
among my children, do dispose of my few worldly goods in manner following
Upon ye good consideration of my Daughter Elizabeth f^sk being in needfull
circumstances and not having had her proportion wth ye rest of my children
formerly — I do therefore will and bequeath unto my said Daughter Elizabeth all
my goods that shall remaine after my funerall is Discharged, all my household
goods, books, and wearing apparrell, and all my debts that do or may in any wise
appertaine and belong to mee and do make her my Sole Executrix of this my last
will and Testament Desiring my well Loved friend Mr. Daniel Rogers and my
Son Joseph Ayre to have ye Inspection & Ordering of my funerall & ye Concerns
thereof. I acquit the rest of my children from any debts that might be demanded
Except my book at my son Abbots. In Testimony that this is my last will & Tes-
tament I have hereunto sett my hand & seal this fourteenth day of ffebruary Anno.
Signed Sealed & Delivered & Declared as my last will Mark
in ye presence of witnesses Daniel Rogers, John Remember X Goodhue
Sparkes, Joseph Ayres.
The above will of "Remember Goodhue late of Ipswich widow dec'd was
proved Mar. 31, 1702, and adm'n of the same committed to the Ext.
He d. Oct. 27, 1682-83; res. Wenham, Mass.
JOHN, b. Dec. 12, 1654; m.. Hannah Baldwin.
SAMUEL, b. , 1660; m. Elizabeth Whipple.
NOAH, b. Nov. 14, 1662; m., June 16. 1686, Marcy Goold; res.
Chelmsford, Mass., and elsewhere. He had in 1675 20 pounds
out of the estate of Capt. Thomas Lathrop of Beverly. He
was "brought up from a little one" and called relation to either
Lathrop or his wife who was Bethiah. At a meeting of the
selectmen of Wenham, June 2, 1696, "Then that whereas in the
year 1694 Lt. Charles Gott did receive into his house or family
& entertain his kinswoman Mercy Fiske the widow and relict
of Noah Fiske dec'd without the leave of the selectmen & con-
trary to the town order & now by the providence of God she
being visited with sickness" &c selectmen agree to pay Dr. Ed-
ward Wells of Salem provided &c. Noah Fiske died shortly
after marriage and I think childless, judging from the above.
Lt. Wm. and Lt. Tho. Fiske with Ensign Porter were a com-
mittee selected by the town of Wenham to settle with Dr. Wells
about 3'e cost which ne demands & has recovered judgement for
her having bin expended about Mercy Fiske while she ley sick
& lame &c & Lt Tho. Fiske was on the com. to sell land to pay
the above also to pay widow Small for nursing sd. Mercy
Fiske while at her house.
215. iv. ELIZABETH, b. Mar. 8, 1673-
216. V. REMEMBER, b. ; m. Jan. 21, 1690, Nehemiah Abbott.
He res. in Topsfield, Mass., where he d. in 1736. His wife d.
July 12, 1703. Ch.: John, b. Apr. 4, 1691; Nehemiah, b. Oct.
19, 1692; Sarah; Mary; Mehitable, b. Oct. 17, 1700.
217. vi. WAITE, b. ; living in 1683 was given part of h"- father's
estate, 372 pounds, 11 shillings.
218. vii. JONATHAN, b. Dec. 12, 1688; probably d. young; not men-
tioned in division of estate. (See Wenham records returned
to court.)
NOTE — Massachusetts was divided into four counties in 1643, viz.: Essex,
Middlesex, Suffolk and Norfolk. The last named, included all the towns north
of Merrimack River, in Massachusetts, and New Hampshire as far as Ports-
mouth at first; but after the line between Massachusetts and New Hampshire was
64 FISKE GENEALOGY.
established what was left in Massachusetts was annexed to Essex County. Some
years later when more counties were made outside of Middlesex and Suffolk one
was named Norfolk. (See map of Massachusetts.) At first records were kept at
Ipswich and at Salem, but now all records of the county are at Salem.
175. CAPT. THOMAS FISKE (Phinehas, Thomas, Robert, Simon, Simon,
William, Symond), b. England in 1632; m. Peggy . She d., and he m. 2d,
in Boston, by Rev. Charles Morton, of Charlestown, May 14, 1695, Martha Fitch,
of Boston. "Thomas Fiske, youngest son of Phineas Fiske, of Wenham, was
born in England in 1630, was a freeman in 1661, and for above forty years after-
ward a citizen of great influence in Wenham. He participated very largely in
public affairs, was repeatedly a representative to the General Court, and died in
1705, 'the Patriarch of the town,' as he was called, being in his seventy-sixth
year. By wife Peggy, he had eight children. All the sons died while young,
except the first, Thomas." From the Judicial Court records of Essex County
it is stated that, "The wife of Thomas Fiske was presented for wearing a tiffany
hoode," and was sentenced to pay 10 shillings fine and two shillings six pence
fees to the court in Oct., 1652. Verily the court must have had a royalty on
another make of "hoodes." He came with his father from England, in his early
youth. He was one of the prominent men of the town of Wenham. Was repre-
sentative 1671-72 and often after, especially in the revolutionary times of 1689-91.
Was captain of the Colony forces. Was foreman of the jury in that sad case
of Rebecca Nurse, when after a verdict of not guilty had been given was prevailed
on to convict by the wonderful perversity and extraordinary ignorance of the
court. His shocking confession against himself and the judges is in Hutch, II., 52,
Until 1719 one public school sufficed for the inhabitants of Wenham, which for
many years was put under the charge of Capt. Thomas Fiske. For the better
protection of the community "a trained band" was organized. Thomas Fiske was
captain, and William Fiske, lieutenant. The emolument to military position in
those days far exceeded the modern estimate, for in seating the congregation (the
pew system being not yet introduced) the officers of the military next to the dea-
cons always had precedence. In 1686 the town of Wenham instructed Capt.
Thomas Fiske to keep a record of births, marriages and deaths, and he began
this registration.
In 169s Capt. Thomas Fisk was paid "for going representative, for service
as an assessor, and a day going to Ipswich, £2 9s., by the town of
Wenham. He held every office in the gift of his fellow citizens. Represented
the town in the Great and General Court, 1671-72-78-79-80-86-94-97. Was moder-
ator of the town meetings, 1700-04 and 1705; town clerk from 1661 to 1694, over
thirty-three years. His age is determined froin a deposition in regard to Joseph
Axey willing property to Joseph Fisk in 1670. He then calls himself about forty
years of age. As stated above Capt. Fiske was foreman of the jury that tried
Mrs. Rebecca Nurse, a respectable old lady in Salem, on the absurd charge of
being a witch. He subsequently made a confession, of which the following is a
copy:
July 4th, 1692. — I Thomas Fisk the subscriber hereof, being one of them that
were of the jury the last week at Salem Court, upon the trial of Rebekah Nurse,
etc., being desired, by some of the relations to give a reason why the jury brought
her in guilty, after the verdict not guilty; I do hereby give my reasons to be as
follows, viz.: When the verdict, not guilty, was given, the honoured court was
pleased to object against it, saying to them, that they think they let slip the
words which the prisoner at the bar spake against herself, which were spoken
in reply to Goodwife Hobbs and her dau. who had been faulty in setting their
hands to the Devil's book, as they had confessed formerly; the words were,
"What do these people give in evidence against me now? They used to come
among us?" After the honoured court had manifested their dissatisfaction of the
verdict, several jury declared themselves desirous to go out again, and thereupon
the honoured court gave leave; but when we came to consider the case, I could
tell how to take her words as an evidence against her, till she had a further oppor-
tunity to put her sense upon them, if he would take; and then going into court,
I mentioned the words aforesaid, which by one of the court were affirmed to have
been spoken by her, she being then at the bar, but made no reply nor interpreta-
tion of them; whereupon these words were to me a principal evidence against her.
THOMAS FISKE.
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Mrs. Nurse, being informed of the use which had been made of her words,
gave in a declaration to the court, that "when she said Hobbs and her daughter
were of her company, she meant no more than that they were prisoners as well
as herself; and that, being hard of hearing, she did not know what the foreman of
the jury said." But her declaration had no effect.
The minister of Salem, Mr. (Nicholas) Noyes, was over zealous in these
prosecutions. He excommunicated this honest old woman after her condemna-
tion. One part of the form seems to have been unnecessary; delivering her over
to Satan. He supposed she had delivered herself up to him long before. But her
life and conversation had been such of which many testimonies were given, that
the remembrance of it, as soon as the people returned to the use of their reason.
must have wiped off all the reproach which had been occasioned by the manner
of her death.
County Court records, Salem. "Thos. Fiske is sworne clerke of ye writts for
Wenham as also clerk of ye band to ye company there." 28-9th mo., 1654.
Court of Sessions. Mr. Thomas Jr. Licensed Retailer but not to sell after
the manner of an Innholder. June 25, 1695. Thomas Fisk of Wenham had his
license renewed June 30, 1696. Capt. Tho. Fiske aged about 63 years June 26,
1694. Tho. Kellum, Daniel Kellum, Richard Hatton, Tho. Nowlton, Jona Hobbs
& Sam'l Lumus all personally appeared in upper court & presented their written
evidence which they made oath to relating to bounds betwixt the land of
Comtt Sallowstell & the land of Capt. Epes dec'd or late his Lyeing nigh Wen-
ham which evidences are filed up with this county Records.
June Session, 1694. Capt. Tho. Fiske testified in relation to what transpired
"about twenty years ago" — the land was north of the brook that runeth out of
Pleasant Poond & Goodman Edward Lummus was the first one who lived on Col.
Saltonstalls farm.
Capt. Thomas Fiske of Wenham made his will Apr. 24, 1705, which was
proved Sept. i, 1707, by all three of the witnesses, viz.: Jacob, James, Jr., and
Hannah Brown, all of Ipswich, legatees. Wife Martha was to have by contract
when he married her one hundred pounds in money in one year after his decease;
to have her wood from his land joining Pleasure Pond, &c. Son Thomas Fiske
had already received his double portion. The church in Boston to which he
belonged was to have five pounds in money. Son-in-law John Perkins for his
children should have two parcels in great meadow that he already occupied,
estimated to be about six acres. To Ann Perkins five pounds. Grandson Andrew
Dodge to have twenty pounds when he became of age. Son-in-law John Dodge's
four children, which he had by the testator's daughter, viz., Phineas, Amos, Mar-
tha and Elizabeth, three pounds each. Daughters Sarah Dodge and Elizabeth
Browne to have the residue according to the appraisal of three disinterested men
chosen by sons-in-law Josiah Dodge and Nathaniel Browne. The executors of
the will were Thomas Fiske and son-in-law Nathaniel Browne.
He d. Aug. IS, 1707; res. Wenham, Mass.
219. i. THOMAS, b. , 1656; m. Rebecca Perkins.
220. ii. ' JOSIAH, b. Nov. 4, 1657; d. Apr. 30, 1662.
221. iii. AMOS, b. Feb. i, 1660; d. May 12, 1662.
222. iv. ELEAZER, b. Dec. 22, 1664; d. Sept. 25, 1668.
223: V. MARTHA, b. Feb. 27, 1667; m. John, son of John and Sarah
Dodge, who was b. Apr. 15, 1662, and d. Jan. 18, 1703 or 1704.
She d. Dec. 29, 1697. Ch. : Phineas, b. May 23, 1688; d. July
i9> 1759; m- 1st, Martha Edwards, and 2d, Sarah Whipple.
Amos, b. about 1690; d. Mar. 28, 1705 or 1706; m. Mary Webb.
Martha. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 15, 1695.
224. vi. SARAH, b. Jan. 14, 1672; m. Josiah Dodge. Lydia Fiske m.
Dec. 18, 1690, Josiah, son of John and Sarah Dodge, who was
b. June 4, 1665, and d. Jan. 19, 1714 or 1715. After her death
he m. a Sarah Fiske, who d. Mar. 17, 1729 or 1730, in her six-
tieth year. Josiah Dodge had eleven children by his two
wives.
225. vii. HANNAH, b. July 25, 1674; m. Andrew, son of John and Sarah
Dodge, probably May 26, 1696. He was b. Oct. 29, 1676, and
d. Feb. 17, 1747 or 1748. She d. Dec. 2. 1703, in her thirtieth
year. Ch. : Hannah, b. July 7, 1699; d. Apr. 19, 1704. An-
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drew, b. Nov. 26, 1703; d. I\Iar., 1741. Andrew joined an expe-
dition against the Spanish possessions, and was killed in the
attack on Cartagena in Mar., 1741.
226. viii. ELIZABETH, b. Feb. 13, 1677; m. Nathaniel Browne.
227. ix. ELEAZER, b. May 3, 1670.
179. JOHN FISKE (Nicholas, William, Nicholas. Simon, Simon, William,
Symond), bap. in Laxfield, England, ■ ; m. Sept. 23, 1600, iNIary Bade. Res.
Laxfield, and at Banyard Green, England.
228. i. ANNE, bap. May 17, 1601.
229. ii. MARY, bap. Jan. 27, 1604.
230. iii. ELIZABETH, bap. Feb. 19, 1607.
231. iv. MARGARET, bap. Feb. 2, 1613.
184. REV. MOSES FISKE, M. A. (John, John, William, Robert, Simon,
Simon, William, Symond), b. Wenham, Mass., Apr. 12, 1642; m. Sept. 9, 1671, by
Capt. Daniel Gookin, assistant, Sarah Symmes, dau. of William of Charlestown
and Woburn; d. Dec. 2, 1692; m. 2d, Jan. 7, 1701, Mrs. Ann (Shepard) Quincy,
widow of Daniel of Boston, and dau. of the distinguished Rev. Thomas Shepard
of Charlestown; d. July 28, 1708. Sarah Symmes was the daughter of William,
Jr., b. Jan. 10, 1627, and his first wife, as his servant, John Warner, testified that
his master was a widower when this daughter married in 1671. Of William's
mother Capt. Johnson says: "Among all the Godly women that came through
the perilous seas to war their warfare, the wife of this zealous teacher shall not be
omitted." He was b. in Wenham, a village in Salem, Mass., and baptized at the
latterplace in June, 1642. He w-as son of John Fiske, who was born in the Parish of
St. James in South Elmham, a subdivision of the Hundred of Wangford in the
County of Suffolk; came to Boston in disguise in 1637 with his wife (Ann Gipps)
and children, sat down, first at Cambridge. Removed the same year to Salem,
was ordained Oct. 8, 1644, as minister of Wenham, and in 1655 became minister at
Chelmsford, where he died Jan. 14, 1677. The son's charges in college, extending
from 3-7-58 to 3-7-59 are for tuition, gallery, detriment and sizing, and he is
credited by 59 pounds of butter and 5 sheep. His part on taking his second
degree at commencement in 1665, has been noticed elsewhere. Not long after-
ward he was at Dover, N. H., perhaps as a preacher. In 1666 he was made free-
man. From 1668 to 1671 he officiated as Pastor at Woronoco, now Westfield,
Mass. After the death of the Reverend William Thompson, in the part of Brain-
tree now Quincy, the church there was so divided that the people could not effect
a settlement for a successor. Accordingly, "at a County Court held at Boston
by the adjournment the 23d of Nov., 1671, the court having taken into considera-
tion the many means that have been used with the Church of Braintree, and hith-
erto nothing done to effect, as to the obtaining the ordinances of Christ amongst
them, this Court therefore orders and desires Mr. Moses Fiske to improve his
labors in preaching the word of Braintree until the church there agree and obtain
supply for the work of the ministry, or this court take further order." In the
Braintree records, as stated by Lunt, Fiske writes: "Being ordered by the court
and advised by the Reverend Elders and other friends, I went up from the hon-
ored Mr. Edw'd Tyng's with two of the brethren of this church, sent to accom-
pany me (2, ID mo., 1671), being the Saturday, to preach God's word unto them."
"3> 10, 71 (Dec. 3, 1671). After evening exercises was ended I apologized as
to my coming, etc.
"4, 10, 71. About twenty of the brethren came to visit at Air. Flynt's, mani-
festing (in the name of the church) their read}^ acceptance of what the Honored
Court had done (having received and perused their order, with letters sent to their
Townsmen respecting their duty toward their minister) and thanking me for my
complience therewith.
"24, 12, 71. The church by their messengers (Capt. Brackett, Lieut. Quin-
sej\ Deacon Bass, John Doscet. sen., Gregory Belchar, Will Veazy, sen., Saml.
Tompson) did jointly and unanimously desire my settlement amongst them, and
that in order to office.
"14. 2, 72. Having advised, I gave the church, after evening exercise was fin-
ished (being often urged thereto), an answer of acceptance through God's assist- ■
ance, understanding the concurrence of the neighbors which was partly expressed,
and part tacit.
/
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"5. 3, 72. The church passed a vote of election (3 or 4 suspending who, after
acceptance, etc., manifested their hearty concurrence^.'
June 18, 1672, the town voted to give me £60 in money as by a town
rate, and he to make provision for himself as housing or else to live in a town
house provided for the ministry. And the house and land bought by the town
of brother Samuel Tompson, being about five acres and a half or six acres, to be
fences and housing set in good repair.
Aug. 18, 1672, iiaving obtained letters of recommendation and dismission from
the church at Chelmsford, he joined the church in Braintree and gave his "answer
of aceptance to their call to office, the Rev. Elders and others advising and often
renewing their request to that end." He was ordained Sept. 11, 1672. "Mr. Eliot
prayed and gave the charge; Mr. Oxenbridge and the Deacons joined in laying
on hands; Mr. Thatcher gave the right hand of fellowship. Dep. Gov. Leveret,
Mr. Danforth, Mr. Tynge and Mr. Stoughton were present." Probably, accord-
ing to the custom of the day, he preached his own ordination sermon. Oct. 26,
1674, the majority at a public town meeting voted that he "should have £80
for the year — 74, in wood part and corn, at the Country rate price, which
was barley 4s., pease 4s., Indian 3s., malt 4s." Aug. 7, 1704, it was "90 pounds in or
as money" (he finding himself with wood), to be annually paid to him, or his
assigns, during his performing ye work of the ministry in the town, from the first
of Mar., 1704." During the last years of Fiske's ministry his comfort was disturbed
by a controversy between two sections of Braintree. The population had out-
grown the capacity of the meeting house, and the southern portion, for many
years, had petitioned without success for a larger one to be situated near to them.
The distance for them to travel was long, the roads bad, particularly in winter, and
the Lord's day became one of labour instead of rest. The population of the two
sections was nearly equal. The northern section vigourously opposed the project
and the other began to build for themselves, promising to be at the whole cost of
the meeting house and to maintain their own minister. This, and propositions to
pay ID pounds and afterward 20 pounds of the 90 pounds of Fiske's salary, were
declined. Particulars may be found in Adams, Lunt, ^Marshall, and Pattee,
and, according to depositions of parties interested there were questionable meas-
ures resorted to. "After long and serious differences the members of the first par-
ish were compelled to yield to a division," and then there was a litigation respect-
ing Fiske's salary. About one-half of the parishioners and supporters were with-
drawn on forming the south precinct, where Hugh Adams, H. U., 1697, was settled
at the gathering of a church, Sept. 10, 1707, at Alonotoquod, now Braintree. Dur-
ing Fiske's ministry there were 147 persons admitted to his church and 799 bap-
tized. From a diary in the library of the Massachusetts Historical Society which
was kept by John Marshall, a mason, though formerly thought to be one Fairchild,
it appears that Fiske "continued till his dying day, a dilligent, faithful Labourer in
the harvest of Jesus Christ. Studious in the holy scriptures, having an extraor-
dinary Gift in prayer, above many good men and in preaching equall to the most;
inferior to few, zealously dilligent for God and the good of men, one who thought
no Labour, Cost of Suffering too dear a Price for the good of his people; his
publick preaching was attended with Convinceing Light and clearness and pow-
erful affectionate aplication, and his private oversight was performed with impar-
tiallity, humility and unwearied diligence; he lived till he was near 65 years of age,
beloved and honored of the most that knew him; on the i8th of July, being the
Lord's day, he preached all day in publick. But he was not well. Going home
from his publick Labors he went ill to bed. The distemper. Continued proved a.
malignant feaver. So that Litel hopes of recovery apearing his church assembled!
together and earnestly besought the Great Shepherd of the sheep, that they might
not be deprived of him. But heaven had otherwise determined for, on Tuesday,.
Aug. 10 (1708), he dyed about one afternoon." He was m. Sept. 9, 1671, by Capt..
Gookin, assistant, to Sarah, dau. of William Symmes, of Charlestown or Woburn.
She d. Dec. 2, 1692. They had fourteen children, of whom six died in infancy.
Mary, the eldest child, b. Aug. 25, 1673, m. Sept. 16, 1697, Joseph Baxter, of Med-
field, H. U., 1693; Sarah, Sept. 22, 1674, m., in 1698, Thos. Ruggles, of New Guil-
ford, Conn., H. U., 1690; Ann, Oct. 29, 1678, m., June 30, 1709, Joseph Marsh, H.
U., 1709, her father's successor; Moses, July 19, 1682; John, Nov. 26, 1684, H. U.,
1702, of Killingly, Conn.; William. Aug. 2, 1684, and Samuel, Apr. 6, 1689, H. U.,
1708. Jan. 7, 1700-1, Samuel Sewall, H. U., 1671, m. 2d, to Anna, b. Sept. 13, 1663,
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widow of Daniel Quincy and dau. of Thomas Shepard, H. U., 1653. She d. July
24, 1708, less than three weeks before her husband, having had Shepard, H. U.,
1721, a physician at Killingly, Conn., and at Bridgewater, Mass., who d. June 14,
1779, and Margaret, b. Dec. 16, 1705, who m., Jan. 23, 1727-28, Rev. Nathan Buck-
nam, of Medway, H U„ 1721.
Mr. Fiske was placed in the tomb where lie his two wives and his successor,
Joseph Marsh, H. U., 1705, besides others. On his tombstone is this inscription:
"Braintree! They prophet's gone, this tomb inters
The Rev. Moses Fisk his sacred herse.
Adore heaven's praiseful art, that formed the man,
Who souls not to himself, but Christ oft won;
Sail'd through the straits with Peter's family,
Renown'd and Gaius hospitality,
Paul's patience, James prudence, John's sweet love.
Is lauded enter'd clear'd and crown'd above."
In the library of the Massachusetts Historical Society a manuscript sermon
delivered before the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company in 1694. The text
is taken from Eph. vi., 14. "Stand them therefore so." It is noticeable that one
item in the inventory of Fiske's is "His Armour."
Authorities. T. Alden's Collection of American Epitaphs, lii., 24. W. Allen,
History of Chelmsford, 125, 126. American Register, viii., 44-53. J. Farmer,
Memorial (22). Harvard College Stewards' Account Books, i, 369, 370. J. G.
Holland, History of West Massachusetts, i, 66, 11, 142. W. P. Lunt, Two Hun-
dredth Anniversary Digressions, 44, 102, 114. J. Marshal, Manuscript Diary in the
library of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Massachusetts Historical Society
Collections, vi. 240; ix., 193; xxx., 157. C. Mather Magnalia, iii., 141. New
England Historical and Genealogical Register, ix., 151; xi., 71. W. S. Pattee,
History of Quincy, 204. J. Savage, Genealogical Dictionary, ii., 166. W. B.
Sprague, Annals of the American Pulpit, i., 107. G. Whitney, History of
Quincy, 34- .
The ministerial tomb was erected by the Rev. Moses Fiske, the third minister
of the first church, in which he and his two wives were buried. After his death
this tomb was selected as the ministerial sepulcher in which all the ministers of the
first church have been interred with the exception of Mr. Thompson and Mr. Flint.
Over the grave of the latter was placed a large flat stone, as was then the custom,
to prevent the wild beasts from removing the remains of the dead from their
last resting place. Not long before the decease of the Rev. Peter Whitney the
monument over the tomb was renewed by the ladies of Quincy, with granite, and
the freestone tablet that surmounted it was preserved."
He d. Aug. ID, 1708; res. Dover, Braintree, and Quincy, Mass.
232. i. MARY, b. Aug. 25, 1673; m. Sept. 16, 1697, Joseph Baxter, of
Medfield, Gr. H. U., 1693.
223- ii. SARAH, b. Sept. 22, 1674; m-, 1698, Rev. Thomas Ruggles, of
New Guilford, Conn., Gr. H. U., 1690.
234. iii. ANN, b. Oct. 29, 1678; m. June 30, 1709, Rev. Joseph Marsh.
He was the successor of his father-in-law as minister of Brain-
tree and was ordained pastor May 18, 1709. He was graduated
at Harvard College in the class of 1705. He d. Mar. 8, 1725,
and was buried in the same tomb with Rev. Mr. Fiske.
MOSES, b. July 19, 1682.
JOHN, b. Nov. 26, 1684; m. Abigail Hobart.
WILLIAM, b. Aug. 2, 1685.
SAMUEL, b. Apr. 6, 1689; m. Anna Gerrish.
SHEPARD, b. Apr. 19, 1704; m. Alice Alger.
MARGARET, b. Dec. 16, 1705; m. Jan. 23, 1727, Rev. Nathan
Bucknam.
JOHN, b. May 20, 1681; d. Aug. 5, 1681.
SAMUEL, b. Feb. 19, 1687; d. Mar. 4, 1687.
EDWARD, b. Oct. 20, 1692; d. Oct. 25, 1692.
ELIZABETH, b. Oct. 9, 1679; m. Jan. 28, 1703, Eliezer Foster.
MARTHA, b. Nov. 25, 1675; d. Nov. 28, 1675.
ANNA, b. Aug. 17, 1677; d. June 9, 1678.
RUTH, b. Mar. 24, 1692; d. June 6, 1692.
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187. DEA. WILLIAM FISKE (William, John, William, Robert, Simon,
Simon, William, Symond), bap. Wenham, Mass., June 4, 1642-43; m. there, Jan.
IS, 1662, Sarah Kilham, b. 1649; d. Jan. 26, 1737. Austin Kilham, with his brother
Daniel, emigrated from the Parish of Kilham, Yorkshire, England, the same year,
and probably in company with the Fiskes. Both settled and were freemen in
Wenham before 1645, and are presumed to be the ancestors of all New England
families of that name. Austin, by wife Alice, had Lot, born Sept. 11, 1640, who
settled and died in Enfield; and Sarah, born Jan. 24, 1642, who married Deacon
William Fiske, and died Jan. 26, 1737 (as the record says), "aged 98." Her father,
and probably his brother, followed Rev. John Fiske to Chelmsford, 1657. Her
cousin, Daniel Kilham, Jr., figured conspicuously in town affairs for many years,
and his son, Hon. Daniel Kilham (a democrat), was the formidable antagonist
of Hon. Timothy Pickering in many a hotly contested campaign in Essex politics.
Killim Austin made his will 2d 4 mo 1667 which was proved Sept 24 1667 Inv
of his estate taken nth 4 mo 1667 and Allace widow of Austin Killum made her
will July 3, 1667. In his will is mentioned sons Lott & John — She in her will
mentions son Daniel — dau. Elizth Hutten who then had a daughter named Elizth
— Daughter Sarah Fisk Daughters Mary & Ruth — Daniel's wife — granddaughter
Mary Killum & son Lott.
He was a weaver bytrade. He held a number of town ofifices; was representative
in 1701-04-11-13 and 1714; was moderator in 1702-03, 1712-13 and 1714. He was also
called lieutenant. He was elected deacon of the Congregational church in 1679.
They were the parents of fourteen children, ten of whom grew up and had families.
Of these seven were sons. He died universally esteemed and lamented. His son
Ebenezer was executor of his will.
Lt William Fiske of Wenham weaver bought of John Newman of Wenham
Physition and wife Ruth for 100 pounds 60 acres of upland swamp in Wenham
"bounded as followeth Southwardly by ye land of said Wm Fiske Theophilus Rix
& Saml Fiske senr, Westwardly by ye land of Wm Fairfield and Northwardly by
said Wm Fiske own land in part & by ye great swamp in part according to ye
bound markers on that side being from ye Northeasterly corner of Wm Fairfields
Land to a white Oake tree standing on a point of upland adjoinmg to a small
parcell of meadow of said Wm Fiskes and so Northeasterly including a parcell of
meadow Commonly called Kemps meadow till it comes to ye Northwestwardly
corner bounds of John Batchelders Land & Eastwardly by said Batchelders Land
and Also ten acres of meadow more or less situated in Wenham great meadow
called Mr. Newman's ten acres lot bounded by the meadow John Robinson lot &
Jas & Sam Moulton M E Parker John Perkins and by ye great swamp jan 18 log.'-'S
Lt Wm Fiske of Wenham had released to him by John Newman of Glocester
Treader 70 acres of land in Wenham which tract of land was bought by ye said
Wm Fiske of my bond father John Newman Esq &c as bounded in sd William
Fisk's de^d bearing date Jan ye 18 1695-6 witnessed by The. Rix & Daniel Fisk
Feb. 23, 1720-1.
He d. Feb. 5, 1728; res. Wenham, Mass.
248. i. WILLIAM, b. Jan. 30, 1663; m. Marah .
SAMUEL, b. Feb. 16, 1670; m. Elizabeth Browne.
JOSEPH, b. Apr. 14, 1672; m. Susan Warner and Mrs. Eliz-
abeth Fuller.
BENJAMIN, b. Apr. 6, 1674; m. Mary Quarles.
THEOPHILUS, b. July 28, 1676; m. Phebe Lampson and Me-
hitable Wilkins.
EBENEZER, b. Mar. 22, 1679: m. Elizabeth Fuller and Mrs.
Martha Kimball.
JONATHAN, b. July 22, 1681: d. Feb. 14. 1705.
SARAH, b. Feb. 5, 1664; m. Sept. 14, 1688, John Cook; was a
legatee in her father's will. They moved to Windsor, Conn.,
and had John, b. 1692.
RUTH, b. Mar. 2, 1666; m., and d. before 1725, leaving heirs.
SAMUEL, b. Mar. 2, 1667; d. young.
MARTHA, b. May 5, 1668, a legatee in her father's will.
JOSEPH, b. Feb. 10, 1669; d. voung.
EBENEZER, b. Feb. 10, 1677; d. June 7. 1678.
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261. xiv. ELIZABETH, b. Dec. 12, 1684. She was legatee in her father's
will.
188 SAMUEL FISKE (William, John, William, Robert, Simon, Simon,
William, Symond,) b. in Wenham, Mass., ; m. Nov. 6, 1679, Phebe Bragg;
d. in Wenham Oct. i, 1696; m. 2d, May 24, 1697, Mrs. Hannah Allen of Man-
chester; d. Jan. 30, 1722. She was b. 1662. William Allen of Manchester. Inv.
of his estate was taken Dec. 29, 1696, and Hannah Allen, his widow was appointed
administrator Jan. 4. 1696; account rendered by the administrator, Hannah Allen
alias Fiske, Dec. 13, 1696. Fiske resided in Wenham, where he was born and was
made a freeman there March 25, 1685. On the land records he is referred to as
Samuel Senr, and his occupation is mentioned as a tailor. He was frequently
elected to offices of selectman, tythhigman, constable, etc., and he acquired a lar^a
estate. Before his death he made a distribution of his property by deed to his
five sons.
From Wenham Town Records: 1699. "Sam'l Fiske, Jr., is accepted as a
commoner in the right of his brother Joseph Fiske who was accepted and is re-
moved to Ipswich." Same time: "Benj. Fiske is accepted as comon'r in o'r
town."
1699. Sam'l Fisk Jr. and Sam'l Fisk Sen'r granted pine & hemlock tim-
ber for shingles, &c. Sam'l F. sen'r and jr., juror.
Sam'l Fiske of Wenham Taylor John Stiles Thomas Cummings and David
Peabody all of Boxford husbandmen owned a tract of land in Boxford contain-
ing 800 acres more or less as it is bounded which was land that old Mr. Zacheus
Gould formerly gave to his 4 daughters this land lyeth on ye south side of ye
brooke called ye Fishing brook "bounded by stakes & stones" to Andover line
& running Northwestwardly on Andover line till it ^ome to ye Fishing brook &
so bounded by ye channel till it come to ye first mentioned bounds & they made
a division of it I\Iar. 29, 1708 & acknowledged Mar. 15, 1710-11 in the description
is mentioned the names of Long meadow Reddington's meadow brook & eight
mile meadow swamp.
Sam'l Fiske of Wenham yeoman gives by deed to two sons Daniel & Benj.
Fiske all his real Estate & Personal Estate including House barn land &c in Wen-
ham, to be divided equally at his decease the Grantor "having disposed of all
my Estate in Boxford & Rowley Village to my three sons, viz.: Sam'l & John &
_Wm Fiske as may appear by Deeds under my hand and seal Signed Sept. 18 1716
in presence of Tho Fiske Thos How & Wm Rogers ack'd same time.
Sam'l Fiske of Wenham Taylor bought of John Staniford of Ipswich cord-
wainer with consent of his wife Margaret upland 47 acres bounded by ye com-
mon beginning at a white Oake marked and running Northerly seventy five rods
to a white Oake thence running easterly 84 poles to a Black ash bounded by James
Bailey & Ezekial Northend & Thence Southerly fifty three Rods by said Northend
to an elm & thence southwest fifty eight rods by a piece of meadow &c situated
in Rowley July 10 1707. Witnessed by a Wm Fiske.
Samuel Fiske Taylor of Wenham received a quit claim of his part of the 800
acres on south side of ye Fishing brook in Boxford viz the land Old Mr. Zac.
GouM p-ave to his four daughters & which Fisk T Cummings John Steles &
David Peabody had a right to, see above. "The bounds of the whole piece is in
a deed which Capt. John Gould gave to Mr. Newmarch of Ipswich which deed
Thomas Comings of Boxford hath" by Andover line Reddings meadow Fishing
brook Fame's meadow & Works meadow &c. Dated Mar 29 1708 acknowl-
edged by them Mar. 15, 1710-11.
Samuel Fiske Jr Wenham weaver & wife EH-/th sold to Wm Fairfield
of Wenham husbandman his dwelling house barn with the 40 acres of lam in sev-
eral lotts some of it was bounded by said Fairfield Theophilus Fiske swamp called
Sam'l Fiskes some of great meadow bounded by Caleb Kimball by the land Capt
Fiske bought of I\Ii Newman by the land the grantor bought of Capt Fiske by
land Capt Fiske sold to Tho Tarbox one piece bounded by land Capt Fiske Jr
sold to Theophilus Fiske & westerly upon ye meadow of Benj Fiske sold him by
Nath'l Brown & northerly upon meadow land of Dea Fiske partly & partly upon
meadow said Sam'l Fiske & Joseph Fiske purchased of Nath'l Stone. He d. Oct.
31, 1716; res. Wenham, Mass.
262. i. SAMUEL, b. ; m. Sarah Reddington.
263. ii. JOHN, b. ; m. Abigail Poor.
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264. iii. WILLIAM, b. June 10, 1687; m. Rebecca Reddington, Lydia
Thurston and Bethiah Goodrich.
265. iv. DANIEL, b. ; m. Sarah Fuller. ^
266. V. BENJAMIN, b. ; d. unm. Sept. 16, 1719.
267. vi. HANNAH, b. Jan. 7, 1698; d. Feb. 3, 1699.
189. JOSEPH FISKE (William, John, William, Robert, Simon, Simon,
William, Symond), b. Wenham, Mass., about 1650; m. in Lynn, May 22,
1677, Elizabeth Haman. He was born in Wenham, but early removed to Lynn,
Where he married his wife. Later he moved to Ipswich, where he afterwards
resided and later to Swansey, where he died. Joseph Fiske of Lynn was in
account with the estate of Wm. Barber in 1677. Mar. 24, 1689, he was "39 years
of age or thereabouts" at the time he testified in regard to the will of Edward
Richards. Joseph Fiske was a legatee in the will of James Axey with whom he
had served. And he was executor of the will of said Axcy's widow in 1670. In
1699 he was residing in Ipswich. He immigrated to Rehoboth and followed the
Indian trail to the Pawtucket river through the unbroken wilderness, not far from
1700. His children were probably born elsewhere, but are recorded in Swansey.
He d. ; res. Lynn, Ipswich, Swansey, Mass.
268. i. JOSEPH, b. July, 1678; in Ipswich; d. there May 24, 1731.
269. ii. SAMUEL, b. July 5, 1680; rec. in Swansey; m. Mehitable
Wheaton and Elizabeth .
270. iii. MARY, b. Apr. 19, 1684; rec. in Swansey; m. Jan. 9, 1723, Isaac
Mason, Jr.
190. BENJAMIN FISKE (William, John, William, Robert, Simon, Simon,
William, Symond), b. Wenham, Mass.; m. Nov. 6, 1674, Bethusha Morse, dau. of
Dea. Morse; res. Medlield, Mass.
LYDIA, b. Sept. 18, 1675.
MARY, b. July 22, 1677.
BETHIA, b. June 25, 1683.
BENJAMIN, b. Apr. 25, 1684.
MARTHA, b. Jan. 14, 1685.
He had probably other children and moved away.
192. JOHN FISKE (Nathaniel, Nathaniel, William, Robert, Simon, Simon.
William, Symond), b. England, about 1619; ni; Dec. 11, 1651, Sarah Wyeth, eldest
and only child of Nicholas by his first wafe b. and bap. in England (see Cam-
bridge Church Gathering, p. 58). John Fiske was born in England and came to
America with his brother Nathan and father Nathaniel. The mother had prob-
ably died in England. The father died on the passage over. John took the oath
of fidelity in 1652. In Watertown he purchased the west end of six acres of the
Henry Dow lot, next south of Dea. T. Hastings and this was his first homestall
which he sold Mar. 15, 1648 to Charles Stearns. The inventory of his estate was
made Nov. 28, 1684, and amounted to £94-10-0. His daughters, Sarah, Margaret
and Mary received at the age of 18 from Philip Smith, surviving executor of their
uncle, John Clarke, late of Newport, R. I., physician, deceased, legacies out of
land on the Island of Canonicut, June 2, 1684, George and Martha (Fiske) Adams
received a similar legacy, each £3-14 (see ^lid. Deeds, Vol. IX., p. 42-45). The
inventory of his estate was made by John Warren, Jonathan Smith and John
Nevenson. He d. Oct. 28, 1684, ae. 65; res. Watertown, Mass..
276. i. SARAH, b. Feb. i, 1652.
2-]~. ii. JOHN, b. Nov. 7, 1654; d. Feb. 1655.
278. iii. JOHN, b. Nov. 20, 1655; m. Abigail Parks and Hannah Richards.
279. iv. MARGARET, b. Nov. 28, 1658; d. unm. ae. 91, Jan. 15, 1750.
280. v. jMARY, b. July 5. 1661; m. Feb. 5, 1684, Joseph Mason. She d.
Jan. 6, 1723. He was a tanner. The inventory of his estate is
dated Aug. 11, 1702, £195-7-0; res. Watertown. Ch.: i
Mary, b. May 2, 1685; m. Thomas Learned, an inholder of Wat.
2. Hester, b. July 8, 1686; m. Nov. 10. 1737, Capt. Joseph
Coolidge. He d. 1749, and she m. Edward Johnson of Woburn.
3. Joseph, b. Oct. 2, 1688; m. W.?sy Monk. 4. Sarah, b. Nov,
17,1691: m. Thomas Chamberlin of Newton. He d. and she
m. 2d, John Bond of Wat.
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281. vi. WILLIAM, b. Feb. 22, 1663; m. Hannah Smith.
282. vii. MARTHA, b. Dec. 15, 1666; m. Jan. 20, 1683, George Adams
of Lex. He was the son of George Adams of Wat., glover,
and was b. in 1647. He was bap. by Rev. Mr. Angier and
owned the covenant June 19, 1698. He was assessor in 1702
and constable 1715. She was bap. in Wat. by Rev. Mr. Bailey,
Nov. 21, 1686. He d. Jan. 27, 1732; res. Lexington. Ch.:
George, b. Apr. 28, 1685. He was a physician, "a bonesetter
and chirurgeon"; m. Judith ; res. Wat. and Wal.
Martha, b. Jan. 10, 1686. John, b. Sept. 2, 1688; m. Oct. 27,
1714, Mary Flagg. She was a daughter of Lt. Gershom and
Hannah (Leffingwell) Flagg; said Lt. was killed in action
with the Indians, July 6, ibgo, at Wheelwright's pond. The
descendants of George Adams, Jr., and Martha (Fiske) Adams
are very numerous. Among the descendants of said George
and Martha F. Adams living in the region of Chicago are
Andrews T. Merriman of 1208 Judson Ave. and Richard K.
Adams of 1242 Judson Ave., Evanston, 111. The former was
one of the earlier settlers of Chicago. Nathaniel, bap. June 12,
1698; m. Eunice Stearns; res. Grafton (see Hist, of G. by Fred
C. Pierce). Sarah, b. June 12, 1698. Benjamin, b. Dec. 20,
1701; m. Eunice — . Abigail, b. ; m. May 30, 1727,
Ebenezer Brown. Anna, b. ; m. Dec. 7, 1727, Isaac
Child.
283. viii. ELIZABETH, b. May 11, 1669; m. in Sherburne, Dec. 27, 1688,
Simon Mellen, Jr., of Fram. He was b. Sept. 25, 1665, in
Winesimet. Ch.: Simon, b. May 16, 1690. Mary, b. June
4, 1695; d. Apr. 30, 171 1. James, b. Mar. 8, 1698. Simon, the
father, was constable in 1700, tythingman 1703 and selectman
in 1704. He d. Aug. 30, 1717, ae. 52. His funeral was preached
by Rev. Mr. Swift. His inventory amounted to £629.
284. ix. NATHANIEL, b. Sept. 11, 1672.
■^?>S. X. ABIGAIL, b. Oct. 8, 1675; m. July 14, 1699, Dea. Jonathan San-
derson; res. Wat. He was assessor and selectman. She d,
Apr. 29, 1759, ae. 84. Ch. : Jonathan, b. July 26, 1700; Dea.;
res. Wal.; selectman 7 years; m. Grace Barnard. Abigail, b,
Oct. 23, 1702; m. James Mellen of Fram. Margaret, b. Sept.
9, 1704; m. Benjamin Whitney of Fram. (see Whitney Gene-r
alogy by Fred C. Pierce). Eunice, b. July i, 1707; m. Isaac
Pierce (see Pierce Genealogy by Fred C. Pierce). Thomas,
b. June 18, 1710; res. Wal.; m. Rebecca Fiske, wid. of David
Fiske, Jr., and 2d, Anna Dix. Nathaniel, b. May 30, 1713; d,
Sept. 7, 1774; lived in Framingham and Petersham; m. Oct,
4, 1739, Mary, dau. of John and Susanna (Goddard) Drury, b.
Mar. 21, 1721; d. Sept. 8, 1805. Their eldest child was: Jon-
athan Sanderson, b. Sept. 1740; d. , 1832; lived in Peters-
ham; m. Mary Curtis. One of their children was: Curtis
Sanderson, b. Feb. 12, 1779; d. Aug. 22, 1849. He m. Eunice
Spooner. David, b. June 4, 1715; m. Abigail Jones, Deacon;
res. Petersham.
193. NATHAN FISKE (Nathaniel, Natlianiel, William, Robert, Simon,
Simon, William, Symond), b. in England about 1615; m. Susanna . He
settled in Watertown as early as 1642, but his name does not appear on the list
of proprietors of that year. He was admitted freeman, May 10, 1643, and was
selectman in 1673. His will attested by Joseph Tainter and William Bond, was
dated June 19, and he died June 21, 1676. His sister, Martha Underwood, testified
that he "was very crazy in his memory" before he died. In 1644 he was proprietor of
one lot of nine acres. This lot, his homestall, was the lot in the Town Plot grant-
ed to R. Frake on the north side of the Sudbury road, opposite to A. Browne,
Nathan Fiske, Sen'r of Watertown, Vol. 4, P. 269, Mid. Prob. Rec. Will date
June 19, 1676 Bequests — Sonne Nathan, 30s "he being already thorow the mercy of
God well provided for with my help formerly. 2nd sonne John Fiske — dwelling
house barne &c 4 a of upland upon the little playne & 10 ac of Meadow in the
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meadow comonly called Thatcher's Meadow," &c. 3 — To my sonne David &
Nathaniel Fiske 13 a of my land lying in the further playne, to be equally divided
between them. 4 Daughter Sarah Gale. 5 My two eldest sons, Nathan & John
Exrs. (P. 270 "'a true Inventory of Nathan Fiske. who died the 21 of June
1676.") He d. June 21, 1676; res. Watertown, Mass.
286. i. NATHAN, b. Oct. 17, 1642; m. Elizabeth Fry.
287. ii. JOHN, b. Aug. 25, 1647. He was living in 167b and was executor
of his father's vv'ill. He was a witness in court June 11, 1679,
was then ae. 30.
288. iii. DAVID, b. Apr. 29, 1650; m. Elizabeth Reed.
289. iv. NATHANIEL, b. July 12, 1653; m. Mrs. Mary (Warren) Child.
290. V. SARAH, b. 1656; m. Sept. 3, 1673, Abraham Gale. He was a son
of Richard Gale, who came from England and settled in
Watertown before 1640. Abraham was admr. freeman Oct. 11,
1682. She d. May 14, 1728. Ch. : Abraham, b. 1674. He was
a Selectman, Watertown; m. Dec. 6, 1699, Rachel, dau. of John
and Abigail (Garfield) Parkhurst, b. Dec. 30, 1678; d. Jan. 30,
1767. One of their children was: Abraham Gale, b. Nov. 28,
1700; d. Sept. 30, 1779. He was a blacksmith, Weston, Mass.;
m. Esther, dau. of John Cunningham; she d. July 16, 1782.
One of their children was: Daniel Gale, b. June 17, 1721. His
final residence was in Warwick, Mass; m. Sept. 8, 1743, Sarah,
dau. of John and Abigail Lamson, b. Nov. 29, 1721. One of
their children was: Daniel Gale, b. Nov. 18, 1753; lived in
Petersham, was a soldier in the Revolution; m. Esther, dau.
of Comfort and Martha (Norris) Rice, b. Dec. 29, 1755; d.
, 1858. Four of their children were: Marthn Gale, b.
Mar. 31, 1779; d. . She m. Philip Spoonei. Luther
Gale, b. Mar. 31, 1779; d. Mar. 18, 1864; m. Sarah Spooner.
He m. 2d, Nancy Spooner. Daniel Gale, b. Mar. 27, 1783; d.
Feb. 14, 1867; m. Betsey Holland. Nahum Gale, b. Mar. 17,
1789; d. June 16, 1854; m. Emily Holland. Sarah, b.
Feb. 15, 1675; d. young. Richard, b. Sept. 25, 1677.
Hopestill, b. and d. Dec, 1678. Mary, b. Mar. 27, 1680; d.
young. Abigail, b. Mar. 12, 1681; d. Nov. 21, 1696. Mary, b.
Sept. 12, 1683; m. Samuel Sanderson. Ebenezer, b. Apr. 30,
1686; m. Elizabeth Green. John, b. Apr. 23, 1687; m. Lydia
. Mary, bap. Apr. 1689; m. Michael Pratt of Oxford.
Sarah, b. Aug. 29, 1694. Jonas, bap. Nov. 14, 1697; d. Mar. 17,
1717. Elizabeth, b. July 9, 1699. Lydia, b. July 9, 1699. Abi-
gail, b. ; m. 1720, Edward Jackson, Jr., of Newton.
Copy of a portion of Will of Abraham (jale of Watertown:
"I give and bequeath to Sarah, my well beloved wife, all my
Personal estate within doors for her comfort & support during
the time she Remains my widow; and further my will is that
my wife shall have a comfortable Room in my mansion house,
and to be constantly Provided with sufficient fire wood laid at
the door fit for fire, and also to have Ten pounds annually pd.
her in corn & meat & other Provisions by my two youngest
sons, namely John & Joshua Gael. But in case my wife shall
see cause to marry againe, my will is she shall be pd. the sum of
Twenty pounds by my two above sons out of my Personal
estate and no more, and the annual Rent to sese.".
199. DAVID FISKE (David, David, Jefifrey, Robert, Simon, Simon, Wil-
liam, Symond), b. Watertown April 15, 1650; m. at Ipswich June 17, 1674, Sarah
Day, of that town; b. — , 1654; d. April 22, 1729. Her father was a bricklayer
in Ipswich, "being aged" made his will Aug. 11, 1683 which was proved Sept. 25
1683 in which he mentions sons John — son Thomas— son James Daughter Hannah
Lord & daughter Sarah Fiske. v. 4 p. 31. Day James made his will Mar. 16 1690-1
which was proved Mar 31 1691 son Robert to be brought up by the testator's
brother Robert Lord, Marshall & Tho Day but if Robert the child shou decease
before coming to the age of 21 the estate was to be equally divided between bro.
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Tho Day & two sisters Rob Lord senr wife & ye wife of David Fisk." V. 4 p.
276.
David, like his father, was a subscriber to the first meetinghouse in 1692 and,
Hke his father, was ready to sustain the institution of rehgion, and was elected
to the dignified ofifice of tythingman.
Middlesex Probate Records, Vol. 23, page 173. Mch. 18, 1712. David Fisk
of Cambridge Husbandman with Sarah "my now married wife, sell to John Mun-
roe. Swamp land in Cambridge towards Concord.
Presence of Jonathan Fisk, David Russell & Thos Merriam.
He d. Oct. 23, 1729; res. Lexington, Mass.
291. i. DAVID, b. Jan. 5, 1676; m. Elizabeth ; where did they go?
JONATHAN, b. May 19, 1679; m. Abigail Reed.
ANNA, b. April 2, 1683.
ROBERT, b. May 8, 1681; m. Mary Stimpson.
EBENEZER, b. Sept. 16, 1692; m. Grace Harrington and Bethia
Muzzy.
296. v. LYDIA, b. May 14, 1685; m. Dea. Joseph Loring, Jr., b. Sept. 26,
1684; d. July 4, 1746. She d. Oct. 4, 1758. He went from
Hingham to Lex. abt. 1706. He purchased 90 acres of land
in Camb. Farms (Lex.) in 1706 of John Poulter. The deed
designates him of Hingham. In 171 1 he was one of the sub-
scribers for the purchase of the common. He and h is wife
Lydia were ad. to the church July 4, 1708, and of course they
were m. bef. that time. He was chosen one of the Deacons in
1743. He was a valuable citizen; was constable in 1714 and
town treasurer in 1725 and 6. Res. Lex. Ch. : Lydia, bap.
June 21, 1711, m. 1731, John Mason; Joseph, bap. Aug. 21, 1713,
m. Kezia Gove; was Dea. in 1756. His house was pillaged
and destroyed by the British April 19, 1775; res. Lex. Sarah,
bap. July 13, 1715, m. Capt. Thaddeus Bowman, res. Lex.;
John, bap. Aug. 11, 1717, d. Dec. 13, 1717; Hannah, bap. Sept.
20, 1719, m. Samuel Winship, res. Lex.; Abigail, bap. Jan. 7,
1722; Mary, bap. Jan. 7, 1722, m. Samuel Allen.
297. vi. SARAH, b. June 16, 1687.
298. vii. ABIGAIL, b. May 20, 1689; d. Aug. 13, 1691.
205. JAMES FISKE (James, Phinehas, Thomas, Robert, Simon, Simon,
William, Symond), b. Haverhill, Mass., Aug. 8, 1649; m. per Middlesex Co. Rec-
ords, Feb. 2, 1686, Tabitha Butterick. He was not mentioned in his father's will.
James Fiske and Samuel Fiske were among the early settlers of Groton, Mass.,
and are supposed to have been brothers. But little is known of their history.
It is not definitely known where they originated, nor what became of them. No
record or monument of their deaths or emigration has been found. The same is
true of their immediate descendants, with one, or at most, two, exceptions. It is
believed, however, that James and Samuel Fiske were sons of James Fiske, of
Haverhill, Mass., who was the grandson of Thomas, the third son of Robert and
Sibyl (Gould) Fiske, of England. Some of the considerations that have lead to this
belief are as fellows: It has been ascertained that James, of Haverhill, had two
sons named James and Samuel; that James was born in 1649 and Samuel in 1658,
but all trace of them appears to have been lost, unless James and Samuel of Groton
are the same, and if the same, James would have been 41 years old when his first
child was born in Groton and 56 when his last. Samuel would have been 46 when
his eldest, and 62 when his youngest child was born. This is not improbable.
They may have married late in life, or may have had children before coming to
Groton. The circumstance that two persons should disappear from one section of
the country, and that two about the same time should appear in another section
not very remote, bearing the same names and of similar ages, is pretty strong
evidence that they are identical, and further the name Samuel seems not to have
been very common in the early history of the Fiskes in this country, and if the
two above mentioned are identical, the lineage of all. or nearly all, bearing that
name can be traced. There were subsequently other families of Fiskes in Groton,
but with a single exception it is not known that they were connected with those
of James and Samuel. In the history of Groton, the name Fiske is uniformly
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spelt with an e, while in the history of Pepperell, by the same author, the name is
as uniformly spelt without an e, though the latter were descendants of the former.
Res. Groton, Mass.
299. i. MARY, b. Sept. 11, 1690; m. March 2, 1708, Abraham Byam, of
Chelmsford.
JAMES, b. Feb. 11, 1694; m. Lydia Bennett.
SAMUEL, b. July 10, 1696; m. .
JOHN, b. Dec. ID, 1699.
ANN, b. April 16, 1702.
JONATHAN, b. Sept. 10, 1705; m. Mary , Sarah Wheeler
and Dorcas Fletcher.
210. SAMUEL FISKE (James, Phinehas, Thomas, Robert, Simon, Simon,
William, Symond), b. Nov. i, 1658; m. Susanna ; d. in 1759. He died in
1728 and his real estate settlement occurred Jan. 29, 1728. One-third was given
to the widow Susanna and the remainder to his sons Samuel and Thomas. June
9, 1729, Susanna was appointed guardian to Thomas, in his 17th year. Middlesex
Records, V^ol. 17, P. 294, June 24, 1725. Samuel Fiske of Groton decas (about 2
y. since) Adm gr to his wid Susanna. After his death the widow moved to Pep-
perill, where she died in 1759. Her will is dated Sept. 7, 1759, and proved Feb.
II, 1760. "Being indisposed in body, but" To my beloved son Samuel, daughter
Susanna Brigham, daughter Experience Fisk, gr. dau. Susanna, gr. dau. Mary
Elliot, gr. dau. Sarah Fiske, dau. of my Son Samuel, to gr. children heirs of my
son Thomas deceased, viz Thomas, Mary, John, Sarah and Wainwright Fisk,
Remainder to be equally divided between my said Samuel and two daughters,
provided Experience shall live to receive it, but if not to be equally divided be-
tween my said son Samuel and daughter Susanna excepting to my son Samuel
four shillings.
Samuel Fisk of Groton admn granted to his widow Susannah June 24 1725
which was about two years after his decease at which time the Inv was exhibited
to the Court Item Homestead land at Badcock Pond — at Old Mill — Cow Pond
Meadow and in the west side of Burnt Meadow. Division of the estate among
the heirs Jan. 29 1728-9 some of the land being (as described then) at Browne
Loaf Plaine and some on the west side of Nashua river had been bought of the
original owner viz a serjt James Fisk. Children when the division was made
were Samuel the eldest son Thomas the other son & was in his 17th year when
Susannah his mother was appointed his guardian June 9 1729. Susannah a
daughter who then (1728) was about 2S years old. Experience then about 21 years
of age and Miriam then about 9 years old — Acct of the admx was presented to
court June 24, 1725, when she charges for paying out money to a John Fiske
and for her "subsisting the deceased's young children to this day.
He d. in 1728; res. Groton, Mass.
Sx\MUEL, b. Mar. 5, 1704; m. Elizabeth Parker.
SUSANNA, b. Feb. 8, 1706; m. Brigham. She d. abt.
1760, leaving heirs.
EXPERIENCE, b. April 29, 1708; living and unm. in 1761.
THOMAS, b. Feb 21, 1712; m. Mary Parker,
MERIAM, b. April 18, 1716; d. March 26, 1718.
MERIAM, b. July 3, 1720; d. young.
212. DR. JOHN FISKE (John, PhinehaS; Thomas, Robert, Simon, Simon,
William, Symond), b. in Wenham, Mass., Dec. 12, 1654; m. Jan. 17, 1682, Hannah
Baldwin, dau. of John of Milford, Conn., and wife Mary Bowen, b. Nov. 20, 1663.
John Fiske was made freeman in 1685; he practiced physic and surgery in Wen-
ham, and also in Milford, Conn., to which place he removed with his family in
1694, when he was admitted to the church. Sons born in Wenham were Phineas.
Ebenezer, John and Benjamin — all born in Wenham. Dr. John Fiske was a physi-
cian of some prominence in his day, and his children inherited from him or acquired
large landed property. He disposed of his estate in Wenham Nov. 15, 1693. In
proof of his identity Remember Goodhue, formerly Remember Fiske, certifies that
she was the natural mother of the said John, that the property belonged to him,
the same being inherited. [Essex Co. Reg. Deeds.]
"John Fisk, of Wenham, Physician" sold to Tobias Trow about 18 ac.
305.
306.
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"bounded &c &c" signed Nov. 15, 1693. Same day acknowledged before Thos
Wade J. P. by him & wife Hannah.
"Remember Goodhue" widow of "Ensign John Fisk" deed of Wenham, being
adminx of est. of said Jno F. deed, by virtue of settlement of Salem Court upon
said estate, I did set over &c, unto my son John F. all part of said estate as
mentioned in above des. premises &c" Various other deeds on record in sub-
stance as above, confirm relationship Ensign Jno & Dr Jno. Various sales made
1686 to 1691 on record by Dr John. Probably sale in 1693 was the last, & estab-
lishes date his removal to Milford in 1694, for in 1695 a letter of recommendation
was sent him by Rev. Jos Gerrish & others.
John Fiske of Wenham "Phisitian doe with the consent and aprobation of my
wife Hannah" sold to Tobias Trow of Beverly cordwainer 10 acrs land & a dwell-
ing house &c in Wenham bounded easterly by ye highway: Southward & North-
v^ard by the lands of John Porter & westerly by the land of Ens. John Batchiller
signed sealed Nov. 15 1693 and one of the witnesses was a Tho Fisk Jr.
Doctor John Fisk appeared & owned the above written instrument to be his
act and deed Nov. 20 1693 before Tho Wade Just peace.
I Remember Goodhue some time wid & Relict of Ensigne John Fisk of Wen-
ham deceased being admx of the estate of the said deceased by vertue of the settle-
rnent of Salem Court upon said estate I did in the year one thousand six hundred
eighty and four set over Deliver and conferme unto my SON John Fisk all the
every part of what house and land is mentioned in the above premises as his part
Portion" &c I Thomas Fisk senr of Wenham having formerly been owner of
some part of the above said land did about thirty years since sell it to my brother
John Fisk of Wenham deceased & father of John Fisk the subscriber to ye above
premises Nov 20 1693.
Doctor Fiske was a physician of respectability and was accounted skillful in
thearts of physick and chirurgery while in Wenham, as appears from the subjoined
certificates of commendation copied from the original papers preserved among the
state papers of Connecticut at Hartford. We also have his own petition to the
General Court for a license, which was granted after his removal to Milford. His
professional reputation gave him an elevated position among his medical brethren
in his new field of labor. His widow Hannah and second son Ebenezer adminis-
tered on his estate.
To Mr. John Fiske Doctor; in Milford.
Yours I received bearing date Jan. 29th, 1695. Glad to hear of your welfare
and have according to your desire obtained as in the enclosed the hands of as many
as may be needful for the end designed, hope it will come to your hands & serve
you. The subscribers of Ipswich are Collonell Appleton, the 2 ministers, Major
Eps, Deacon Goodhue & Mr. Everson minister att Gloster. And of Wenham
myself the deacon, and the selectman, I suppose I might have obtained as many
as I would have asked, none refusing who were desired, we wish you all pros-
perity in temporals &• spirituals, a blessing on your family and on your calling,
etc. Your good mother hath been sick & weeke most part of this winter
desires to hear from you, as doth the deacon, etc. We have nothing new. Indi-
ans have not appeared this winter; we are expecting we shal hear of them
ere long. You have heard of the killing of 4 & our taking 3 principal leaders
of ym the Lord prepare us for trouble, the fruits of our evil ways.
So not to trouble you more at present, but rest your friend to serve you.
Mar. 12, 1695, Joseph Gerrish.
These may certify all whom it may concern, that Mr. John Fiske, late of Wen-
ham, in the County of Essex in N. E. ; hath for many years with good success,
practiced in the arts of physick and chirurgery & hath made many notable cures
among us & hath generally been accounted one of good skill & understanding
in many maladies & their remedies of which some of us have had experience
(& others) credible information & doe therefore hereunto subscribe our names
this 2ist of Feb., 1695. William Fiske, Samuel Appleton and ten others.
My opinion is of small weight, but being desired I can say that I have so
much acquaintance with Mr. Fiske that makes me desire that he may have a
license to practice in physic & chirurgic, in the Colony, which I hope may be for
the good of many. Apr. 4, 1695, I also am of the same mind, Samuel Mather and
two others.
According to the Connecticut Colonial records of May, 1695, John Fisk was
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granted liberty to practice phissick and chirurgery. A note states Mr. John
Fisk had practiced medicine several years in Wenham, Mass., but has now settled
in Milford.
At the general assembly session of Oct., 1702, "Mr. John Fisk informs this
court that he had received a considerable wound in the former Indian wares,
therefore requested this court release him from the payment of the country rates
for the future, it is therefore ordered that said John Fisk be freed Irom paying
Countrey rates for the future, viz., during his natural life."
He d. about 1715-18; res. Milford, Conn.
311. i. BENJAMIN, b. 1683; bap. Mar. 29, 1696; m. Abigail Bowen.
312. ii. EBENEZER, b. in 1689; m. Mehitable and Rebecca
Trowbridge.
313. iii. JOHN, b. in 1693; m. Hannah and Sarah .
/ 314. iv. PH IN EH AS, b. Dec, 4, 1682; m. Lydia Pratt.
315. v. HANNAH, b, ; m. Aug. 20, 1713, Jeremiah Peck, son of
Joseph, b. 1687. Ch.: Hannah, b. May 6, 1716; m. David
Clark. John (4), b. Dec. 9, 1718; m. Sarah Piatt, Feb. 15,
1750-51- Jeremiah (4), Jr., b. Jan. 12, 1720-21; m. Frances
Piatt, Oct. 26, 1743. Phineas (4), b. Apr. 10, 1723; m. Deb-
orah Clark, Feb. 18, 1745-46. Sarah, b. May 25, 1726. Sibella,
b. June 24, 1728; m. Jirah Bull. Lucy, b. Oct. 23, 1730. Com-
fort and Content, twins, b. Apr. i, 1734. Jeremah's will is on
record at New Haven, B. 10, p. 491, dated Oct. 5, 1765.
Jeremah (4) settled first at Milford, Conn., but from there
removed to Watertown, Conn., about 1752. He m. Frances
Piatt, dau. of Josiah Piatt. Isaac (5) Peck, b. Feb. 9, 1748-49,
son of Jeremah (4), enlisted in the army of the Revolution
and was drowned while in the service. Benjamin (5), b. in
1750, son of Jeremah (4), also entered the army and died of
the camp distemper. Phineas (4) Peck, son of Jeremiah (3),
settled in Amity, now Woodbridge, Conn. He left Milford
about 1776. He was deacon of the first church of Wood-
bridge. Phineas (5) Peck, son of Phineas (4), settled in
Woodbridge, Conn. He entered the service in the war of the
Revolution; was taken prisoner and confined in the Old Sugar
House in New York, where so many perished through the
inhumanity of the British. He was reduced to a mere skel-
eton, but finally released, and brought home by men upon a
hand litter from New York. He died soon after. I think
he was lieutenant. John (4) resided in Milford, where he
died. His son John enlisted in the army in the Revolutionary
War and served through that struggle for independence. He
m. Mary Camp, and res. in Litchfield, Conn., where he d.
Dec, 1831.
213. SAMUEL FISKE (John, Phinehas, Thomas. Robert, Simon, Simon,
William, Symond), b. Wenham, Mass., (by court records) 1660; m. Elizabeth
Whipple, dau. of Lieut. Whipple, of Ipswich. He was made freeman in 1680 and
in March, 1694, res. elsewhere. Mr. Samuel Fiske dismissed from church at
Wenham and accepted at Milford, Feb. 6, 1703. His father. Ensign John, left no
will, but in the papers left at his death in 1683, son Samuel, who was aged about 24
years, had about 20 acres of land promised to him where his house stood; at the
time he promised to marry his wife; who was Elizh., daughter of Lt. Whipple.
He d. about 1699; res. Wenham and Ipswich, Mass.
316. i. INCREASE, b. Jan. 18, 1700 (posthumous).
219. CAPT. THOMAS FISKE (Thomas, Phinehas, Thomas, Robert, Simon,
Simon, William, Symond), b. Wenham, Mass., 1656; m. Nov. 3, 1678, Rebecca
Perkins, youngest child of Rev. Wm. Perkins, of Roxbury. She was b. May 4,
1662, in Topsfield. He was made freeman in 1690. His wife, Rebecca, was the
daughter of Rev. William Perkins, ''one of the most accomplished divines of his
day." Both Capt. Thomas, Sr., and Jr., were wealthy proprietors in Wenham,
were liberal patrons of Harvard College and the Christian Church, and bore the
rank of "gentlemen" and title of "captain" — terms indicating, in those days, the
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highest social position; and probably no other family were more prominently
identified with the early history of the town than they. Capt. Thomas Fiske, Jr.,
was frequently in town office, was moderator of the town meetings 1710-11-20;
was town clerk, 1702-3-5 and 8, and in 1715 elected Representative to General
Court. He died in 1723, mentioning in his will several married daughters and
grandchildren, but no sons.
Thomas Fiske, of Wenham, bought of Rev. Joseph Gervith, of Wanham, &
Ann his wife a house & about 5 acres of land in Wenham near the meeting house
bounded on the east by the farm called Smiths farm Southerly by the lands of
Alexander Maxey & John Fiske Westerly by ye common road Northerly by ya
common — witness by Tho Fiske sen & Wm Fiske May 26 1693.
Thomas Fiske of Wenham yeoman bought of Saml Gott of Beverly & wife
Margaret 7 acres in the field in Wenham called the plains bounded Southwardly
by the county road leading to Ipswich, Westwardly partly by ye land of Charles
Gott Jr. & partly by land of John Newman Northwardly by the land of Capt
Thomas Fiske Eastwardly by the land of Wm Rogers Witnessed by Tho Fiske
John Gott & Saml Fiske July 31 1702.
Thomas Fiske of Wenham Gentleman bought of Tobias Trow of Wenham 4
acres in Wenham bounded westwardly upon the country road Northwardly by land
of said Fiske Eastwardly by land of widov.' Maxey & partly upon land of John
Edwards & Southwardly by land of sd John Edwards To Have &c Nov. 7, 1709.
Thomas Fiske of Wenham gentleman bought ol Zacheus Goldsmith of Wen-
ham husbandman for 2-8 if the div. on ye east side of the highway in the great
swamp to be made over & conjoined with s'z &c & 40 shilling in money. — Seven
acres of upland & swamp land in Wanham bound Southerly by land of Sam'l
Kimball Wi^stwardly by land of E Fiskes Northerly by ye country road & the train-
ing place as ye fence now standeth till it comes to Joseph Dodges corner East-
wardly by swamp land of the said Goldsmith from said Dodges corner to the said
Kimball corner next ro them swamp Feb 22 I/09.
Thomas Fiske (Capt.) & wife Rebecca of Wenham sold to Thomas Tarbox
of Wenham housewright "A certain House barn & 22 acres of land in Wenham
bounded eastwardly upon land of Wm Fairfield Southerly on land of John Gott
Westwardly on land of above named Tho Fiske running from John Gotts
Norwest corner of land at a stake & heep of stones formerly Wm Fiske bound
so running Northwesterly about one hundred poles to a black Ooak marked and
so straight to the meadow northerly bounding upon the Meadow till it cometh
to Sam'l Fiskes land so taking said Sam'l Fiske's line to ye said Wm Fairfield's
land To Hold" &c reserving a right to pass over the land &c Feb 11 1711-12.
Thomas Fiske & Wm Rogers of Wenham exchange 108 poles of land in
Wenham ]\Iay 25 1722.
Thomas Fiske, of Wenham, made his will Sept. 27, 1720, which was proved
March 4, 1723, by Nathaniel Sparhawk and Nathaniel Knowlton (the other wit-
ness being Elizabeth Sparhawk). Legatees, Church of Christ in Wenham, which
had £10. Wife Rebecca Fiske, executrix. Eliza Studley, of Ipswich, to have
money. Mary ye daughter of Thomas Baker late of Ipswich deceased under 21
years and unmarried. Fineas Dodge of Wenham and Andrew Dodge of Beverly
each to have £5. Rebecca Howe of ^Marlboro wife of Thomas Howe Jr. all his
real estate after the decease of his Avife, who was to have the use of all as long as
she lived. Thomas, son of Thomas and Rebecca, to have testator's gun. Receipts
received by Rebecca the admr. in Jan. 1724 she and her husband were called
uncle b}^ Benjamin & Elizabeth Studley, Andrew Dodge and Phinehas Dodge.
His gravestone reads as follows: Capt. Thomas Fiske, died Feb. 5, 1723, in
the 70th year of his age. The Righteous shall be had in everlasting Remembrance.
Rebecca Fiske of Wenham wid & ex'x of the will of Capt Tho Fiske of Wen-
ham deed sold to Tho How Jr of Marlborough Middlesex Co a farm in Wenham
that Capt Fiske purchased of Mr John Newman bounded on the great meadow
Northerly * * * * The one third part of which said Farm belongs unto the
said How by a Deed of Gift from said Capt Thomas Fiske & is in common with
the other 2-3 undivided to him the sd Tho How" * * * which 4 acres above
said shall be added to & laid out with his third part &c Dec 16 1724.
He d. Feb. 5, 1723: res. Wenham, Mass.
3161.^. i. REBECCA, b. — ; m. Thomas Howe, Jr., of Marlboro.
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236. REV. JOHN FISKE (Moses, John, John, William, Robert, Simon,
Simon, William, Symond), b. Braintrec, Mass., Nov. 26, 1684; m. Nov. 26, 1717,
Abigail Hobart, dau. of Rev. Nehemiah Hobart, of Newton, Alass. He was born
in that part of Quincy subsequently incorporated as Braintree, educated at the
public schools and by his father and graduated at Harvard in 1702. After his
father's death he preached in the Braintree church and was ordained pastor of
the church in Killingly, Conn., Oct. 19, 1715, his brother-in-law. Rev. Joseph
Baxter, of Medfield, preaching the sermon. There remained until 1741, when dis-
affection arose in the church. He was dismissed by council and subsequently
retired upon his large landed estate in Killingly, where he died.
July 16, 171 1, the town of Killingly agreed to give Mr. Fiske three hundred
and fifty acres of land for his encouragement to settle in the work of the ministry.
James Leavens and Sampson Howe were appointed a committee to lay out the
land; Eleazer Bateman and Ephraim Warren to survey it. Two hundred acres
were laid out to him on French River, beyond the bounds of Killingly as it after-
wards proved. Seventy-five acres for the homestead were selected on the eastern
slope of Killingly Hill, and seventy-five on Assawaga or Five-Mile River.
Stated religious services w-ere probably held after this date by Mr. Fiske, though
some years passed before his settlement.
In the summer of 1714 the meeting-house was raised and covered. Its site
was east of the Plainlield road, about one-fourth of a mile south of the present
East Putnam meeting-house. Nothing is known of its size and appearance, or of
the circumstances of its building. In the ensuing summer it was made ready for oc-
cupation and preparations made for church organization. Sept. 15, 1715, was
observed in Killingly as a day of solemn fasting and prayer, preparatory to the
gathering of a church and the ordination of a pastor.
"October 19, 171^. a church was publicly gathered in Killingly and John Fiske
ordained the pastor of it." Mr. Dwight, of Woodstock, opened the service with
prayer. Reverend Mr. Baxter, of Medfield, preached from Romans i: 16. Rev.
Mr. Thatcher, of Milton, gave the charge to the minister and made the preceding
and subsequent praycis. The first marriage recorded by the young minister was
that of William Earned to Hannah, the first of the seven notable daughters of
Simon Bryant. Mr. Fiske was himself married to Abigail, daughter of Rev.
Nehemiah Hobart, of Newton, Mass., and sister of Mr. Samuel Estabrook, of
Canterbury. The only incident of his domestic life that has come down to us,
is the burning of his house and all its contents one Sabbath, when the family
were attending public worship. The ministry of Mr. Fiske was acceptable and
prosperous, and large numbers were added to the church. His pastoral charge
comprehended also the inhabitants north of Killingly, who were allowed to pay
church rates, if not other town charges. Mr. Fiske was remarkably minute and
methodical in the registry of church records, keeping separate lists of those unit-
ing with the church by profession and by letter and of those owning the covenant.
Very full lists of marriages and baptisms were preserved by him, which acquired
additional value from the total lack of town records during the greater part of his
ministry. Of the salary and settlement allowed to him nothing further is known,
save that the hundred acres of land given by Capt. Chandler to the first settled
minister of Killingly, "which land by the ordering of Divine Providence appertains
to John Fiske" — were laid out to him in 1721, west of Five-Mile River, a half mile
east of the meeting-house.
Killingly's persistent attempts to secure posses^i^on of this land occasioned
much trouble and confusion. Two hundred acres promised by the town to the
Rev. Mr. Fiske, were laid out in Thompson's land, and Hascall and Spalding
were encouraged in their unlawful appropriations of Cotton's and Collin's grants.
In 1721 the selectmen of Killingly without permission from Government pro-
ceeded to lay out this colony land and apportion it among her own inhabitants
and its consenting residents. The Mass. Government wrote to Conn, in behalf
of Cotton and Collins and received assurance that their claims should be made up
to them in the ungranted land near Woodstock. In 1726 Paul and William Dud-
ley, Josiah Wolcott and Samuel Morris represented to the General Court, "that
Killingly, by what right they knew not, had laid out large quantities of land north
of her prescribed bound, which was unjust and destructive of their rights," and
begged relief. Joseph Leavens and Joseph Cady were summoned to answer in
behalf of Killingly proprietors, and insisted that the land thus laid out was in-
80 FISKE GENEALOGY.
eluded within their patent. The court pronounced their plea sufficient, but
ordered patents to be granted and executed to such grantees "as shall show
grants and surveys made by Mass." Though this decision admitted Killingly's
claim to Connecticut's share of this colony land, she was still dissatisfied, and
persisted in her efforts to recover the tracts to Massachusetts' grantees.
The various public enterprises in which Killingly engaged, and her expensive
controversy with Thompson and Massachusetts proprietors, absorbed much of
her income, and she often found it difficult to meet her ordinary expenses. In
1734 the town voted "If any person or persons shall have money sufficient to pro-
cure a book for ye record of deeds of the town, they shall have ye same refunded,
and repaid them again." Shepherd Fisk and Jacob Dresser were able to advance
the requisite sum, which was repaid them after a long interval. Simon Bryant,
chosen in 1731 "to wait on the Rev. John Fiske in case he goes to Hartford, and
to assist him and to represent him in his absence in case the said Mr. Fiske cannot
go." after ten years' delay was reimbursed the four pounds expended in that
service.
The ministry to Mr. Fiske was acceptable and profitable to his people until
a rupture occurred, from some cause not now manifest. "At a regular meeting
of the first church of Killingly, July 8, 1741, after the meeting was opened by
prayer, Mr. Fiske upon the advice of neighboring ministers, moved to the church
to dismiss him from his pastoral relations." His request was granted by a clear
majority. The Windham County association was called, "To consider and deter-
mine the differences and difficulties between Rev. Fisk and the church, arising
from several scandalous reports spread abroad concerning Mr. Fiske." Deacon
Bateman, Justice Leavens, Samuel Danielson, Ebenezer Knight and Gideon
Draper were appointed a committee to represent the church and provide for the
council. No record of the result is given, but it probably confirmed the dis-
missal of Mr. Fiske. The nature of the charges against him is not declared, but
a succeeding pastor, with opportunity of judgment, was of opinion that they were
not of any immorality. The church, at this date, numbered over four hundred
members. Mr. Fiske, during his ministry, performed 763 baptisms, admitted 254
into full communion, and 148 to the half-way covenant. Aug., 1741, the com-
mittee of the church applied to the Association for a minister, and were rec-
ommended to several candidates, but did not succeed in securing one.
The loss of the minister was soon followed by a protracted and violent con-
troversy respecting a meeting-house. The rude church edifice of 1715 was quite
inadequate for the populous and thriving township of 1741, and the inhabitants of
the south society were called together, Sept. 13, to see if they would vote to build
a new meeting-house.
Mr. Fiske, the former pastor, was one of the new pastor's constant hearers,
having built himself a pew in the new meeting-house and bearing his part in all
society charges.
He d. May 18, 1773; res. Killingly, Conn.
317. i. JOHN, b. ; d. infancy.
318. ii. FOUR DAUGHTERS, 2 m. clergymen.
238. REV. SAMUEL FISKE (Moses, John, John, William, Robert, Si-
mon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Braintree, April 6, 1689; m. Anna Gerrish.
He was the youngest son of Rev. Moses Fiske, of Braintree, educated at the
public schools and was graduated at Harvard College in 1708, where his name ap-
pears on the roll without the e. He was ordained minister of the first church in
Salem in Oct., 1718. Says Bentley, in his Memorial Sermon: Rev. Samuel Fiske
was a man of eminent talents in the pulpit, of a firm and persevering mind, and
held in high esteem till dissensions sprang up in the society from the ill-defined
discipline then existing in our churches. He was a preacher of real abilities, but
his high notions of church authority were repugnant to many persons and pre-
vented his usefulness. He was dismissed from the First Church in 1735 and ac-
cepted the charge of a new society established by his friends. He preached the
first centenary lecture of the First Church Aug. 6, 1729. The election sermon
delivered by him before the Governor and Legislature in 1731 may be ranked
among the best. It was published and a copy of it is preserved among the State
archives. Rev. Mr. Fiske was dismissed from the Third Church in 1745, when
he retired from the public ministry. He was connected by marriage with one of
the most flourishing families in Salem.
FISKE GENEALOGY. 81
Rev. Samuel Fiske of Salem clerk bought of Rev John Emerson & wife Mary
of Portsmouth N. H. for 250 pounds current money of New England "our
messuage & tenement which I bought of Majr Stephen Sewall situate lying and
being in Salem * * * containing a dwellinghouse & about twenty six rods or
pole of land being same more or less bounded southerly with ye street easterly
with land of Capt Benj Pickman late of Salem aforesaid deceased westerly with
ye land of Timothy Orne & northerly with land lately belonged to ye Rev.
Nicholas Noyes deceased now in ye possession of Mr Sam'l Fiske or however ye
same is bounded * * * with ye commonages" &c Sept. 21 1719. V. 36, p. 165.
Rev. Samuel Fiske of Salem clerk bought of Sam'l Phillips of Salem gold-
smith & wife Mrs Sarah Phillips a common right in Salem for the garden behind
the meetinghouse of ist parish of Salem bought of Maj Walter Price where was a
dwelling house &c. Dated May 18, 1722.
Rev. Sam'l Fiske ol Salem Clerk bought of John Slapp of Salem Clothier
for £2 IDS the common right in Salem June 24 1721 Capt Thomas Fiske of Wen-
ham in Essex co the agreement made Mar 23, 1715 Capt Thomas How of
Marlborough heirs in Middlesex co.
Witnesseth "that whereas there is an intended marriage betwixt Thos How
son of sd Thos mentioned and Rebeca Parkins a relative of 3d Capt Fiske &
brought up by him that if it shall so please god that they Intermarry upon their
marriage the said Capt How Covenanteth & promiss to settle so much Real
Estate upon his said son as shall Equallize anny of my Oil sons for Quantity and
Quality and so Capt. Fiske Covenanth & promiseth to & with
the s'd Capt. How that he will give & endow the said Rebeca Per-
kins & her beloved when said marriage is compleated one third part
of all his real estate that he is now possessed of." * * if s'd Tho die before
Rebecca she shall have the mpovement during her life & if they have children they
to have it forever &c. who died previous to Jan. 18, 1720-1, according to the evi-
dence of John Fiske one of the witnesses.
Rev. Sam'l Fiske of Salem bought of Deacon John Marston & wife Mary of
Salem Carpenter one acre in south field Salem by the mill pond Northwesterly
and by land of Jona. Archer Henry West Capt Wm Bowditch June 25 1722 V
43 P 36. Saml Fiske clerk also bought of Wm Porter & wife Edith of Salem a
common right given to P by his father — Dated June 22 1722.
Rev Saml Fiske of Salem bought of John Abbott of Salem shoreman a
common right in the common rights of Salem in the great pasture they belong
to the houses where dm it & his son Robert Abbott then lived May 11, 1728. V
46-2201. Rev Saml Fiske of Salem sold to Saml Field of Salem shipwright a
house lot of 36 poles in Salem bound by Toun house st Oct 15 1728 Acknowlege
Feb. 10 1728-9.
Rev Samuel Fiske of Salem bought of wid Elizth Lowther Benj Allen joiner
Abigail Allen alias Dicta, Abigail Lowther daughter of sd. Elizh Lowther & Paul
Kimball carrier and Martha Kimball alias Marther Lowther dau of sd E. L. all of
Salem, One Common Right in Salem &c July 28 1726. Rev. S. Fiske receives a
quit claim from James Ross of Salem wife Martha cordwainer of the common
Right he sold to John Slap of Salem, Clothier, about the yeqr 1719 or 20 which
was lost.
Rev. Samuel Fisk, of Salem, admn. was granted to his son John Fisk May 11
1770. Inv. of the Est. May 26, 1770. Homestead of house & 20 poles of land &
about 4 acres in the South Fields — Books.
a complete sett of Henry's annotations on the Bible, 6 vols £3-00-00
Pool's Synopsis, 5 vols 0- 6-00
Willard's Body of Divinity 0- 8-00
Collection of Voyages & Travels, 2 vols 0- 6-00
An Exposition on the Epistle of Hebrews, 2 vols 0- 8-00
Ditto on John, i vol 0- 3-00
Bishop Hopkins's Works o- 4-00
A large collection of very old books & Pamphlets &c 3- 6-08
One Small Bible with Silver Clasps o- 6-00
Whole amt. of Inventory was £126-14-04
The Estate rendered Insolvent Nov. 5, 1770. Acct. of admn. rendered Oct.
21, 1771.
6
82 FISKE GENEALOGY.
319-
1.
320.
XI.
321.
Ill
322.
iv.
323-
V.
He d. April 7, 1770; res. Salem, Mass.
SAMUEL, bap. Oct. 5, 1740; d. young.
SARAH, bap. Oct. 24, 1742.
JOHN, b. May 6, 1744; m. Lydia Phippen, Mrs. Martha Hib-
bert and Mrs. Sarah Gerry.
JOSEPH, bap. July 17, 1748; d. young.
ELIZABETH, bap. July 17, 1748; d. young.
239. DR. SHEPERD FISKE (Moses, John, John, William, Robert, Si-
mon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Braintree, Mass., Apr. 19, 1704; m. in Bridge-
water in 1732, Alice Alger, dau. of Israel J., and Alice (Hayward) Alger. He was
born in Braintree, educated at the public schools, fitted for college and was grad-
uated at Harvard in the class of 1721. He studied medicine afterwards, practiced
in Bridgewater, Mass., and died there. But very little was known of him, for in
1803 Mr. William Winthrop, of Cambridge, who, for some time past, had been
engaged in a pursuit rather extraordinary, knew nothing of him. Winthrop in-
vestigated the following particulars of every one who has received a degree at
Harvard College, from the first foundation of that University in 1648 to the
present time; viz., the origination or where born, his professional business or
employment, his place of residence, time of his death and age; also anything re-
markable in their lives and characters; where such matters can be ascertained.
At this time, also, Winthrop did not know anything of Dr. Fiske.
He d. June 14, 1779; res. Killingly, Conn., Bridgewater, Mass.
248. WILLIAM FISKE (William, William, John, William, Robert, Simon,
Simon, William, Symond), b. Wenham, Mass., Jan. 31, 1663; m. Marah or Mary
. He was the eldest son of Dea. William, was born in Wenham and re-
sided there until 1710, when he moved to Andover, Mass., where he died in 1745.
William Fiske of Andover husbandman gives to his son Ebenr Fiske "All
my housing & lands & meadow lying being in the Township of Andover aforesaid
excepting of that such I have given my son Wm Fiske a deed on before the one
half of all my housing & land now & meadow in fea and the other half at my
decease on condition" first that my son Eben Fiske doe fourthwith pay to my son
Joseph Fiske * * * secondly that he pay to Hon'd Father Wm Fiske of
Wenham Thirdly that he pay to my son Jonathan Fisk when his time comes out
or his prentisship shall come out in possable money * * * Fourthly that he
pay to my daughter Sarah ten pounds when she is married or when she cometh
of age * * * Fifthly pay my daughter Ruth * * when she is married or
comes of age Sixthly pay my daughter Lydia * * when she is married or com-
eth of age * * * Seventhly that he shall let Mary my wife &c. May 13, 1726.
"before I sighn this I doo oblige my said son to pay to my daughter Mary John-
son twenty shillings which is in full of her portion" &c Ack May 16 1726.
Wm. Fiske of Andover husbandman to his eldest son Wm. Fisk of Andover
gave land & meadow containing by estimation twenty three acres or be the same
more or less Lying & being in the township of Andover aforesaid the twenty
acres of land lying on the west end of my farm where my sd sons Dwelling house
stands on part of it. Bounded or however Reputed to be bounded viz: on the
Northwest corner on a walnut tree stump which is Moses Tiler's bounds then
running South Westerly joyning sd Tyler's land & to Thos. Johnson's land; and
Ephraim Farnoms ten acre meadow to a red Oak marked on an island, the
easterly joyning to Francis Ingalls's land to a stake & stones. Then Northwardly
across my farm to a stake & stones then westerly joyning to my said son's meadow
which he bought of Mr. Martyn to the first bounds mentioned * * * and
the three acres of meadow lieth joyning to the Northwesterly end of my long
Meadow * * * ]jeth Cedar swamp &c Apr 7, 1726 Ack 27 same month
Wm Fisk & wife Mary of Andover husbandman sold to his son Ebenr Fisk
of it husbandman Yi of his house barn and land adjoining containing in the
whole 60 acres situated in Andover bounded Easterly by land of Daniel Kimball
Southerly by Francis Ingalls Westerly partly by Eben'r & partly by Wm Fisk Jr
& northerly by some lotts of meadow &c May 6, 1734.
He d. Dec. 10, 1745; res. Wenham and Andover, Mass.
324. i. WILLIAM, b. Nov. 30, 1695; m. Mary Kinney and Mrs. Sarah
(Buck) Fish (not Fisk).
325. ii. JOSEPH, b. Sept. 6, 1701; res. Andover.
FISKE GENEALOGY. 83
326.
iii.
327-
IV.
328.
V.
329-
VI.
330.
Vll,
331.
vni
332.
IX.
333-
334.
11.
335.
111.
33(i-
IV.
337-
V.
33ii.
VI.
EBENEZER, b. Aug. 15, 1703; m. Susanna Buck.
JONATHAN, b. .
SARAH, b. June 5, 1707; d. June 14, 1707.
RUTH, b. Feb. 15, 1697; d. April 14, 1704.
LYDIA, b. .
viii. MARY, b. Oct. 2, 1699; d. April 14, 1704.
RUTH, b. Oct. 18, 1709; m. May 7, 1728, Richard Easti, of
Topsfield.
249. SAMUEL FISKE (William, William, John, William, Robert, Simon,
Simon, William, Symond), b. Wenham, Mass., Feb. 16, 1670-; m. Dec. 5, 1699,
Elizabeth Browne, of Reading. He was born in Wenham, married in Reading
and in 1710 moved to Rehoboth, where he was living in 1728, as he was a legatee
in his father's will.
Samuel Fiske of Wenham House wright and Eliz'th his wife sold to John
Porter of Wenham yeoman all that his dwelling house barne & about sixteen
acres of upland & meadow * * * j,^ Wenham bounded as followeth east-
wardly by ye land of Freeborn Balch Southwardly by ye Brooke that runneth
out of ye Pond called Wenham Pond westwardly and northwardly partly by ye
countrey road & partly by ye land of Isaac Hall sen'r John Edwards Jr. & Joseph
Fowler. Witnessed by Tho Fiske & Wm. Fiske.
Res. Wenham, Reading and Rehoboth, Mass.
ELIZABETH, b. Dec. 8, 1700.
JOSIAH, b. July 7, 1702; m. Sarah Bishop.
PHINEHAS, b. May 5, i70S-
JONATHAN, b. Jan. 10, 1706.
SAMUEL, b. Sept. 22, 1708.
LOIS, b. Oct. I, 1710.
339. vii. ANNA, b. Oct. i, 1710.
250. JOSEPH FISKE (William, William, John, William, Robert, Simon,
Simon, William, Symond), b. Wenham, Mass., April 14, 1672; m. Susannah or
Susan Warner, of Ipswich, d. July, 1742; m. 2d, Jan. 7, 1743, Mrs. Elizabeth Fuller.
She d. Oct. 30, 1755.
Joseph Fiske of Ipswich yeoman & wife Susannah sold to Ammi R. Wise of
Ips shopkeeper 54 of a right in the 8th div. 5 acres in the Right Feb i 1723-4.
Joseph & Susanah also sold to Ammi some of great meadow in the West
End of Wenham 5 acres bounded southwesterly on land of Theophilus Fiske &
Northwesterly by Ebenr Fiske Feb i 1723-4.
Joseph Fiske & wife (no name given) of Ipswich yeoman sold to Mr.
Perley of Boxford i^ acre upland in Rowley }i lot on the Range know by the
letter C bound westerly & southerly by s'd Perley's land meadow easterly &
northerly by sd Fiskes land Feb 7 1726-7.
Joseph Fisk of Ipswich, yeoman, made his will May i, 1745, which was
proved same month in 1745 on the 13th, by Capt. Samuel Waite, Daniel Chapman
and Daniel Chapman, Jr.
Wife Elizth "all ye household goods she brought to me at marriage," &c.,
among other things the executor "shall carrj^ her to meeting on a good horse
on Sabbath day & Lecture days when she shall desire it." Daughter Susanna
Kilborne. Daughter Ruth Easty. Grandson Mark Platts to have four pounds
old tenor "his mother having had considerable of me before." Son Mark Fisk
to be Exr & have the residue.
He d. May 2, 1745; res. Ipswich, Mass.
340. i. JOSEPH, b. Oct. 20, 1713; d. May 24, 1731.
^41. ii. MARK, b. Nov. 20, 1716; m. Lydia Smith.
/ 342. iii. SUSANNA, b. March 18, 1700; m. March 22, 1723, Jedediah Kil-
burn.
343. iv. SARAH, b. June 19, 1702; d. Aug. 7, 1720.
344. V. ELIZABETH, b. Sept. 15, 1704; m. Dec. 10, 1724, Michael Dwi-
nell. She d. in Topsfield Dec. 26, 1729. Ch. : Benjamin, b.
Nov. 10, 1726; Thomas, b. Aug. 26, 1729. Dwinell had seven
wives.
345. vi. RUTH, b. Aug. 20, 1707; m. March 6, 1731, David Kilburn, of
Rowley; m. 2d, =— ^ Esty.
84 FISKE GENEALOGY.
346. vii. ABIGAIL, b. Aug. 8, 1711; d. June 29, 1729.
347. viii. JOHN, b. Oct. 13, 1719; d. Dec. 21, 1725.
347^.ix. JOSEPH, b. Jan. 4, 1695; d. Dec. 5, 1698.
347^. X. HANNAH, b. Dec. 21, 1697; m. Oct. 29, 1720, James Platts, of
Rowley.
251. BENJAMIN FISKE (William, William, John, William, Robert, Simon,
Simon, William, Symond), b. Wenham, Mass., April 6, 1674; m. March 7, 1699,
Mary Quarles, of Ipswich; b. 1678, d. Jan. 11, 1744-5. He held many town offices,
was a man of considerable property and a liberal patron of the Wenham church.
He left a wife, Mary, but no heirs at his death.
Benj Fisk & wif Mary & Jona Moulton both of Wenham yeoman sold to
Benj Cleeves of Beverly taylor 12 acres in Wenham being their "right in the
sixth division of common lands at ye east end of our town" bounded east on Man-
chester line II poles & Southerly by the lott laid out to ye heirs of John Dodge
deed & westerly upon highway 11 poles Nov 24 £710 and acknowledged by
Benj and w Mary May 4 1728 and at court June 1728 Sam'l Herrick made oath
that he saw Jona Moulton dec'd sign also Benj Fisk at same time made oath
that he saw Moulton sign the deed, &c.
Mary Fisk widow spinster of Wenham sold to Sam'l Batcheller of Salem hus-
bandman ^ of all the housing & land which I ye said Mary Fisk do now possess.
That is to say. The one half of the land which may hereafter be described the
which my late Husband Benj Fisk settled on me in his Last will dated Jan. the
ifth one thousand seven hundred & Forty one — two estimated 17 acres consisting
of several parcels of land in Wenham & Ipswich as herein is butted and bounded
Dr described to be bounded in the several instruments wherein they were con-
veyed to my said husband, viz: in a Deed of gift from Wni Fisk Dated the 20th
of Aug. 1703 and in a deed from Simon Epes Dated Oct 22, 1715, & in a deed
from Nathl Browne dated Mar 28 1708 and in a deed from Wm Rogers Dated
Mar 3 1708 and ye Remainder of ye said lands lying in Wenham great swamp
stand bounded in Wenham Town Book of Records all which above" &c. Wit.
by Ebenr Fisk and Benj Fairfield Apr 11, 1743.
Mary, widow of Benjamin Fisk, of Wenham, made her will when residing in
Ipswich, Dec. 29, 1744, which was proved April 15, 1745, by Rev. Samuel Wig
glesworth, Sam'l Dodge, Jr., & Isaac Giddings. Inv. May 13, 1745. Acct. of
Exec'r Apr. 20, 1747. a Jacob Fisk was in acct. with the Estate. Samuel Mar-
sters & Jemima Brown May 10, 1745, gave recpts to the Ex'r Nath'l Pollard
Legatee's sister Jemima Brown Kinsman Nath'l Pollard who was Exr. Sam'l Mar-
sters Kinsman N. Pollards young son Nath'l Jemima wife of Kinsman Polard
and a residue was given to "my six kinsmen & kinswomen, viz., Mercy wife of
John Patch, Francis Quarles, Anne wife of Jacob & Jemima Polard above.
He d. s. p. June 6, 1742; res. Wenham, Mass.
252. THEOPHILUS FISKE (William, William, John, William, Robert,
-" Simon, William, Symond), b. Wenham, Mass., July 28, 1676; m. July 18,
-^n, of Ipswich, dau. of John and Martha (Perkins) Lamson;
:.^. .,., . 2d, July 26, 1756, Mehitable Wilkins, of Topsfield. She m.
^u, _ • i7'':; )bert Rust, of Ipswich. He was son of Dea. William.
He settled in wciiham, where he made his will June 8, 1757. His estate was
settled by his brother. Dea. Ebenezer. Of his real estate in the inventory, besides
his homestead, was 24 acres of meadow in Wenham, two acres salt marsh in
Ipswich, and three lots in Wenham Swamp. His homestead adjoined that of
Thomas Fiske.
Theophilus Fiske of Wenham husbandman bought of Symonds Epes of Ips-
wich & wife Mary 3 acres of marsh in Ipswich bounding as followeth Southerly
upon a great Creek westerly upon marsh land of Ebenr. Fiske northerly upon
said Epes' own marsh land.
Theophilus Fisk of Wenham, husbandman, made his will June 8, 1757, which
was proved Sept. 24, 1759, by Anthony and Elizabeth Wood and the other witness
was Elizabeth Bickford, admr. of the intestate part of the estate was granted to
his brother, tbenezer Fiske, Oct. 8, 1759, and same time inventory was dated.
Among his lands besides the homestead were 24 acres of meadow in Wenham,
2 acres Salt marsh in Ipswich, two lotts in the west division of Wenham, Swamp
FISKE GENEALOGY.
85
& one lot in East div. of sd swamp. Legatees wife Mehitable who was to have
all those household goods he rec'd with her at their marriage &c.
Son Theophilus. Daughter Phebe Manor or Mainer, Daughter Martha
Dodge. Daughter Mary Perkins. Daughter Jerusha Moulton.
Son Thomas had reed ""Five hundred pounds old tenor equivalent to sixty-
pounds thirteen shillings & four pence lawful money" for his share of the Estate.
BrotherEbenr Fisk was appointed Exr of the will & he gave acct. of his
Exrship & admn. Mar. 17, 1760. A Wm. Fiske was in acct. with the estate.
Committee to set ofi the wid's part returned their report to the Court June
2, 1760, which homestead part was bounded by Thomas Fisk, John Friend, Josiah
Fairfield & some of Great Swamp, some in Great meadow bounded by Abram
Kimball, Benj. Fairfield, some meadow bounded by Thos. Tarbox, A^braham &
Edmund Kimball.
He d. Sept. 6, 1759; res. Ipswich, Mass.
348. i. PHEBE, b. Jan. 4, 1701; m. Sept. 27, 1737, Jesse Maynard, of
Westboro. She received her share of her father's estate in
1700.
349. ii. JERUSHA, b. Oct. 23, 1704; m. Nov. 8, 1734, Caleb Moulton,
of Ipswich. Ch. : Jerusha, b. Aug. i, 1735.
350. iii. THEOPHILUS, b. May 31, 1709; m. Jemima Goldsmith.
351. iv. MARTHA, b. Oct. 25, 1711; m. July 13, 1743, George Dodge, of
Ipswich, son of Jonathan and Jerusha (Woodbury) Dodge,
who was born May 5, 1709, and died in 1793. Ch.: Daughter
m- Porter; Jonathan, b. 1744, d. Feb. 9, 1822, m. Mary
Brown (was grandfather of
Mary Abigail Dodge, whose
nom de plume was Gail Ham-
ilton. She was a celebrated
American authoress and was
born about 1830. She
wrote a number of works on
"Country Living and Coun-
try Thinking," "Gala Days,"
"Woman's Wrongs," "Twelve
miles from a Lemon," "Nur-
sery Musings," and other
works besides contributing
largely to periodical literature).
George, b. 1749, d. May
12, i827,m. Mary Cleaves
(was grandfather of Col.
Theodore Ayrault Dodge) ;
Martha m. Joseph Trow; Je-
rusha, m. Samuel Quarles;
Phebe, m. Nathaniel Ray-
mond.
352. V. MARY, b. Sept. 29, 171 3; m.
Feb. 20, 1750, John Perkins,of
Topsfield.
353- vi. THOMAS, b. Aug. 24, 1707; m.
GAIL HAMILTON,
354- vii. BENJAMIN, b.
and
-; d. Aug. 25, 1731.
253. DEA. EBENEZER FISKE (William, William, John, William, Robert,
Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Wenham, Mass., March 22, 1679; in. there
May 24, 1710, Elizabeth Fuller, dau. of Jacob Fuller, of Salem, among whose
posterity was the celebrated Margaret Fuller. She was b. 1686; d. Aug. 25, 1732;
m. 2d, Dec. i, 1733, Mrs. Martha Kimball; d. Mar. 28, 1764.
Ebenezer Fiske, sixth son of Dea William, of Wenham, Executor of his
will, and principal heir of his estate, was married to Elizabeth Fuller, of Salem,
and they had a family of nine children. Deacon Ebenezer Fiske was a sub-
stantial farrner in Wenham, and was frequently honored by his townsmen by elec-
tion to various local offices, but appears to have lived a generally quiet life,
principally occupied by his private afYairs, or those of the church in which he
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was a Deacon, from his election May i6, 1739, until his resignation "by reason of
age," in 1758.
Ebenezer Fiske oi Wenham husbandman bought of Thomas Kimball of Mar-
blehead Taylor & wife Hannah for 100 pounds a certain dwelling house & barn
and ten acres of land by measure and two acres of meadow and two rights in
ye great swamp on the east side of ye highway all situated lying and being within
ye bounds of Wenham, bounded as followeth viz: ye house and barn & ten acres
of land bounds Eastwardly and Northwardly upon land of Thomas Kimball sen'r
and westwardly upon land of John Batchelder and southwardly upon ye highway &
ye said meadow is bounded eastwardly upon meadow of Wm. Roger & north-
wardly upon Meadow of John Gotts & westwardly upon meadow of said Fiske
and Southwardly upon meadow of Saml Kimball, ye said two right in ye great
Swamp is ye one eight part of ye 7th division and ye one eight part of ye 8th
division both division on ye east side of ye highway in ye great swamp as they are
entered in Wenham town Books To have &c. Dec. 13 1720. Acknowleged
Jaa u 1720-1.
Ebenezer Fiske of Wenham, husbandman, made his will July 18, 1764, which
was proved Oct. 28, 1771. Inventory taken Oct. 31, 1771. Legatees son Ebenezer
Fiske, son Jacob Fiske, granddaughter Sarah, dau. of dau. Sarah Moulton, deed.,
to have among other things all the household goods that was my first wife's,
Daughters Elizabeth Bradstreet. Mary Law, Mercy Perkins, Lucy White. Son
Wm. Fiske to have the homestead, Bible, etc., and to be executor.
He d. Sept. 30, 1771, ae. 93; res. Wenham, Mass.
355. i. SARAH, b. July 15, 171 1; m. Feb. 23, 1733, Samuel Moulton, of
Ipswich. Ch.: Abel, b. Aug. 28, 1741. She d. before her
father was deceased in 1771.
356. ii. JONATHAN, b. Dec. 11, 1713; d. unm. Sept. 22, 1737.
357. iii. EBENEZER, b. July 2, 1716; m. Dorcas Tyler.
358. iv. ELIZABETH, b. Oct. 12, 1718; m. Dec. 23, 1742, John Brad-
street, of Topsfield. He was son of Simon and Elizabeth
(Capen) Bradstreet and grandson of John Bradstreet, youngest
son of the Governor. Simon was b. April 14, 1682. Elizabeth
Capen, whom he married Nov. 12, 171 1, was daughter of Rev.
Joseph Capen. John (2), b. July 22, 1653; m. June 11, 1677, Sarah
Perkins. He d. in Topsfield Jan. 11, 1718. The Governor,
Simon Bradstreet, b. Lincoln, Eng., March, 1603, Sec. of Mass.
Colony 1630-43; assistant, 1630-78; Deputy, Gov., 1678-79;
Governor, 1679-86 and 1689-92; d. Salem March, 1697. John
and Elizabeth had Priscilla, who m. John Killam, of Topsfield.
359. V. JACOB, b. Dec. 26, 1721; m. Elizabeth Lampson.
360. vi. MARY, b. Jan. 2T, 1723; m. March 9, 1742, Nathaniel Lowe, of
Wenham.
361. vii. WILLIAM, b. Nov. 30, 1726; m. Susannah Batchelder.
362. viii. MERCY, b. March 9, 1728; m. March 10, 1752, David Perkins,
of Topsfield.
363. ix. LUCY, b. April 22, 1732; m. Jan. 4, 1757, Thomas White, of
Wenham.
262. SAMUEL FISKE (Samuel, William, John, William, Robert, Simon,
Simon, William, Symond), b. Wenham, Mass.; m. Sarah Reddington; d. Oct. 6,
1748. He was b. in Wenham, but located in Boxford in 1705 on property inher-
ited by him.
At a meeting of the proprietors of the common lands in Boxford Sept. 18.
1710, it was voted: "whear as Richard Kimbol Eapharam dorman and Sammeueal
fisk doe appear to Seat vp a Saw-mill vpon the fishing broock with ouer Consent
and incorigment wee the — propriatoers doe freely consent that thes thre men shall
seat vp a sawmill vpon the foels by Josaph Bixbes houes also wee doe freely give
them the veas of as much of our land as they need for flowing and a yeard to lay
thair louges and hordes and timber vpon for the ves above so long as thay or
thair heaiers or Sucksessors shal keep vp a going mill and for the trew perform-
enc of what is promised on our sied wee doe biend our selves heariers and suck-
seeaers to the above mentioned Kimbol dorman and fisck and thair lawful suck-
sessaers that thay shal peassabelly in Joye the ves of the land above said with out
FISKE GENEALOGY. 87
anney molistation from vs or anney from by or vnder us." He was selectman in
1709 and 1710.
Samuel Fiske and wife Sarah and Thomas Reddingtonof Boxford Sold to John
Howe of same town 7 acres of meadow "lying partly in Salem and partly in
Andover, bounded as followeth at ye Northeast corner with a great Rock with
a heep of stones at it easterly to a Maple tree mar keed with stones at it so by
fullers Swamp to a white Oak markeed with stones at it by upland in Andover
bounds to ye great rock first mentioned this seven acres abovesaid be it more
or less it lyes partly in Salem an partly in Andover" May 17, 1715 V 36 p. lOl. ,
Sam'l Fiske of Wenham yeoman sold to his son Sam'l Fiske "all ye one half
of all my houseing & lands lying within ye bounds of Boxford the grantor men-
tions son John who was to share equally in other estate with this son Sam'l Dated
May 9 1 7 16.
Samuel Fiske husbandmen and Margaret Reddington Singlewoman both of
Boxford Sold to Joseph & Nathl Symonds both of Boxford husbandmen 40 acres
in Boxford bounded at the western Corner a white oak tree * * * Northerly by
the meadow of Capt John Peabody to a red oak tree * * * Easterly by the
land of Thos Cummins to a stake & heepit stones Southerly by the Land of
Nath' Symonds Thos Gould * * Westerly by the land of Thos Reddington & a
piece of Reddington's meadow of Tho Symonds Dec 20 1717. Margaret Redding-
ton was alive Apr 20 1723 Court Session.
Samuel Fiske of Boxford, admr., was granted to his brother John Fiske and
brother-in-law Thomas Reddington Sept. 29, 1719. Inventory of his estate taken
Oct. 5, 1719. House, barn, orchard and about 50 acres of land and 100 acres of
wood land, tobacco, bees, hemp, books, etc., amount £184 los. 3d. Made oath to
by Thomas Reddington, one of the admrs., Oct. 19, 1719. Samuel's estate was
divided into five parts and the return to court was made Oct. 14, 1728. It was
done by Samuel Foster, Jere, Perley, Nathan Peabody and John Stiles committee.
Viz to son Samuel who had two shares or 5th parts which was bounded — "Be-
ginning at a stake & stones near the Fishing Brook running southerly by land
formerly John Fisk's deed to a stake & stones near the house. Then westwardly
about a rod & half to a stake & stones, then southerly by land of said John Fisk
deceased to a stake & stones near the Hills, then more westerly to a stake &
stones near the strippet then Northwesterly to a walnut tree. Then south-
westerly over the strippet to a stake & stones more southerly to a white oak tree
marked & so on to Redingtons meadow this line being bounded all the way back
by land of the said John Fisk deceased then turning south easterly by the
meadow as it goes to Ford-way * * * running by John Stiles's land * * * by
land laid out to Sarah * * to the fishing brook, then northerly by the brook &
land improved by Jona. Byxby to the first mentioned stake & stones the house
& barn being within the above said bounds. Likewise was laid out to said Sam'l
a wood lot lying between Redingtons meadow & Andover line containing about
2j^ acres bounded south by John Stiles's meadow, by land of Elias Smith & the
heirs of John Fiske deceased.
To Sarah Fisk a daughter had a lot next to Samls by Fishing brook John
Stiles land by Saml between Reddington meadow & Andover line a wood lot near
Timothy Stiles's house bounded by Fishing brook &c, 4^ acres in Long meadow
bounded by meadows of Thos. Redington, John Stiles & upland. To Mary
another daughter a house lot on Northerly side of Fishing brook bounded —
running by an Old Cellar, & by John Buswell's land and a wood lot between
Reddings meadow & Andover line also her fathers Right in 18 acres owned by
her father & Richard Kimball in two pieces one laying between Lord & Asslebee
meadows, and the other between Andover line & Rock Brook, also she had two
acres in Dirty meadow bounded by John Buswell s meadow & meadow of Richd
Kimball.
To Hannah another daughter who had a house lot on Fishing Brook by
Mary's land, land of John Buswell & Tho Redington, ^ of a wood lot of 22
acres behind the meetinghouse which her father owned in partnership with Thos.
Redington, and 1-3 of a wood lot of 30 acres on the Norwesterly side of Cold
water meadow lying in partnership with Thos. Redington also J4 part of a wood
lot of 22 acres in Wade's Neck owned also with Tho. Redington, also a Right
left in a lot between Pickard's & Maple meadow & Dea. Timothy Foster's land,
she also had 2^ acres in Dirty meadow bounded by upland Richard Kimball's
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meadow Mary's meadow & George Byxby, also all her father had in Rowley marsh.
Acct. of the Admr June lo, 1728 rendered to Court
Childrens guardians were for Mary aged about 18 years & Sarah aged about
16 years. When appointed Oct. 28, 1728, was Wm Fisk of Boxford to whom
Mary gives a receipt Apr. 24, 1732, signed by herself Mary btickney and Jonathan
Stickney of "our portion of our fathers estate," & for Samuel aged abt 13. When
appointed same time Oct. 28, 1728 was Thomas Reddington of Boxford who ren-
dered his account of guardianship Aug. 3, 1733 Says he "paid to widow Martha
Gould £3 to make good ye title to ye said child" and in his stead Wm. Fisk of
Rowley was appointed guardian of him with Jonathan Stickney for bondsman.
Samuel Fiske of Boxford deceased husbandman, his admr, was Thomas Red-
dington of Boxford husbandman. Especially in consideration that Wm. Fiske
of Rowley husbandmen & Abigail Fiske widow & relict of John Fiske late of said
Boxford died as admrs on said John Fiske estate have before the ensealing hereof
signed an instrument whereby they have in the behalf of ye heirs of ye said John
Fiske acquitted their right to the respective parcels of land as is therein described.
Have given, granted, released and confirmed all my right, title property claim,
challenge, pretence and demand which I ye said Thomas Reddington or ye heirs
of Samuel Fiske aforesaid have or may have unto ye lands and Housen here-
after described lying & being in ye township of Boxford aforesaid containing by
estimation about three acres in the whole being the one half of what ye said
Sam'l & John Fisk had given them by their father Samuel Fisk late of Wenham
deceased by Deed and which deed ye above said grantor did Improve & authorize
the admr of his said sons to divide the above said premises when ever desired
and we being now sensable of ye necessity of a division proceed accordingly in
behalf of ye aforesaid heirs and that which fell to ye heirs of ye said John Fisk
and hereby aquitted is butted & bounded as followeth Beginning at a stake &
stones at the fishing Brook running Southerly to a stake & stones near the house
wherein ye above said Sam'l Fisk dwelt Then Westerly about a Rod & half to
another stake & stones. Then Southerly to another stake & stones near ye edge
of ye plain by the Hills, then a little more westerly to a stake & stones then nor-
westerly to a little walnut &c. Furthermore I ye said Tho. Redington in ye
above said Capacity do give liberty to ye said Wm & Abigail Fisk & ye heirs
of John Fsk aforesaid to pass over ye lands belonging to ye Heirs of Sam'l Fsk
aforesaid &c Witnessed by Amos Jewett & Cahran Stevart Oct 19 1727.
He d. in 1719; res. Boxford, Mass.
364. i. MARY. b. 1710; m. Jan. 30, 1731, Jonathan Stickney.
365. ii. SARAH, b. 1713; m. Dec. 19, 1741, Charles Stewart, of Rowley.
366. iii. HANNAH, b. June 6, 1707.
367. iv. SAMUEL, b. Apr. 10, 1716; m. Judith Noyes.
263. JOHN FISKE (Samuel, William, John, William, Robert, Simon,
Simon, William, Symond), b. ; m. (int.) Dec. 22, 1710, Abigail Poor. She
m. 2d, Oct. 15, 1727, Thomas Holt, of Andover. Soon after his marriage, in 171 1,
he located on land inherited by him in Boxford, where he d. He was a hus-
bandman. His estate was admr. upon Feb. 10, 1725.
Wm Fisk of Rowley & Abigail Fisk widow of John Fisk late of Boxford as
Admrs of the est of John Fisk aforesaid acting as such but especially in consid-
eration that Thomas Reddington of Boxford admr of the est. of Sam! Fisk late
of Boxford deed hath signed an instrument where of he in the behalf of the heirs
of Sam'l Fisk aforesaid hath aquitted their right to * * land as is there in
described * * being in the township of Boxford containing in the whole about
three hundred acres * * being the one half of that the said Saml & John Fisk had
given them by their father Sam'l Fisk late of Wenham deceased by deed in which
Deed ye above said grantor did Impower & authorize the admrs of his said sons
to divide ye above said premises whensoever desired & we being now sensible of
the necessity of a division proceed accordingly in behalf of the aforesaid heirs
and that which fell to the heirs of said Sam'l Fisk and is hereby aquitted is butted
& bounded by Andover line Fishing brook Reddings Meadow &c &c
Oct. 19 1727.
Sam'l Fiske & ac of Wenham recieved a deed of Martha Gould of Stonham
wid. of John Gould late of Charlestown in consideration of ye sum of fifty pounds
formerly Paid by Sam'l Fisk of Wenham to her sd husband * * also of 9 pounds
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paid by Wm Fisk & Thos Redington guardians for the children of Sam'l Fisk &
John Fisk late of Boxford — She confirms &c unto Saml & Sarah Fisk ye children
of sd Sam'l Fisk deed & unto John Fisk & Phebe Fisk children of said John Fisk
deed all her right &c land in Boxford loo acres it being ^ of ^ part of land
formerly given to the grantor's father John Reddington by Zacheus Gould of
Topsfield the whole tract bounded by Andover line Long Meadow Fishing brook
&c Aug. 17 1731- , , J
The inventory of his estate was taken Feb. 10, 1725, about 100 acres of land,
with housing on it, etc., made oath to by Wm. Fiske, the admr., Mar. 29, 1725,
John Fiske and Phebe Fiske about fifteen years of age. She made choice of
Wm. Fiske to be her guardian, Nov. 6, 1727. At this time he was also appointed
guardian of John. The daughter Phebe gives a receipt to her guardian, Wm.
Fiske, of Rowley, signed Phebe Abbott, with John Abbott, Jr., and they say that
they had received in full of "our portion of our father John Fiske's estate."
He d. Dec. 24, 1724; res. Andover and Boxford, Mass.
368. i. PHEBE, b. ; m. Sept. 20, 1732, John Abbott, Jr., of An-
dover.
369. ii. JOHN, b. Dec. 30, 1715; m. Mary Bridges.
264. DEA. WILLIAM FISKE (Samuel, William, John, William, Robert,
Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Wenham, Mass., ; m. m Boxford
Dec. 4, 171 1, Rebecca Reddington, of Boxford; d. July 24, 1743; m. 2d, Jan. 6, 1744,
Lydia Thurston, of Rowley, b. 1699; d. July 25, 1753; m. 3d, Dec 19 I753 Bethiah
Goodrich, of Newbury.
He was born in Wenham, but settled on property in Rowley left him by his
father. He was Deacon in the Congregational church there and a man of influence
and standing in the community. He had thiee wives and several children, but did
not leave any male heirs among them, as appears by will dated 1765. Arnong his
numerous legatees were the sons of Daniel, of Upton, deceased. He joined the
Rowley church Oct. 4, 1732. His wife was admitted Dec. 4, 1732, from the church
in Byfield parish. He was treasurer of the church in 1750.
Wm. Fiske of Rowley bought of Isaac Hardy yeoman and wife Esther of
Bradford, ^1/4 acres of Salt meadow on Cow bridge Creek in Rowley bounded
by James Todd land formerly John Stickney of Rowley which meadow come by
ye said Esther and was formerly her father Barker's. May 10, 1721.
Wm. Fiske of Rowley bought two acres marsh of John Boynton of Newbury
which was B.s father and given to granter by dec'd June 1713 bounded by Bs
meadow and on Falls River. Mar. 22, 1722.
Dea. William Fiske, of Rowley, yeoman, "being advanced in old age," made
his will May 23, 1764, which was proved Feb. 14, 1765, by Mary Clarke, Elizabeth
Clarke and Daniel Clarke. The inventory of the estate was taken May 14, 1765,
by Jere Searl, Jere Jewett and Jere Poor, and made oath to by Samul Keezer.
Real Estate homestead, woodlots, salt marsh in Rowley and Newbury. Wife
Bethiah was to have "all the goods and estate I had with her that were hers afore
I married her, etc." He gave to Sarah, widow of Charles Stewart, late of Lan-
caster, deed. To the two daughters of Samuel Fisk late of Boxford, deed. .To
Abigail Goodridge, his daughter-in-law to be paid after her mother's decease.
To the children of Jonathan Stickney, of Rowley, deed., two lots of land ex-
cepting some fenced in to the homestead, one purchased of Thomas Lambert, Esq.,
and the other of Capt. John Northand. To Phebe Abbott, of Andover. To John
Fiske of Andover. To Joseph Stickney of Boxford. To Hannah wife of John
Todd. To Hannah wife of Zacheus Boynton, of Lancaster. To the sons of
Daniel Fiske, late of Upton, deed. To Samuel Kezar, of Rowley, the residue of
his estate and he to be executor of the will.
He d. about 1765; res. Rowley, Mass.
265. DANIEL FISKE (Samuel, William, John, William, Robert, Simon,
Simon, William, Symond), b. ; m. in Beverly July 2, 1717, Sarah Fuller, of
Salem.
In 1638, Thomas Fuller, who belonged to a family of high social standing in
England, came over to this country on a tour of observation, not intending to
«tay. While in Cambridge he became a convert to Puritanism, under the eloquent
preaching of Rev. Thomas Shepard, a famous Colonial divine, and at once re-
solved to cast in his lot with his brethren of that faith in the New World. He
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purchased a large tract of land in New Salem (afterward Middleton) and having
married Elizabeth Tidd, of Woburn, he settled upon his handsome estate and died
in 1698, leaving sons Thomas, Benjamin and Jacob, and several daughters. His
youngest son, Jacob Fuller, born in 1655, married Mary Bacon and settled on the
paternal homestead. Their five children were named Mary, Elizabeth, Edward,
Sarah and Jacob. Two of these, Elizabeth and Sarah, married Fiskes (Ebenezer
and Daniel, of Wenham). Their uncle, Benjamin Fuller, was the father of Rev.
Daniel Fuller, of Gloucester, and also of Col. Archelaus Fuller, who commanded
a section of the American forces at the battle of Bennington.
Fiske was born in Wenham, where he continued to reside until 1748, when he
moved to Upton, Worcester Co., where he was an early settler. His children were
all born in Wenham. He made his will Feb. 6, 1754, probated in 1761, mentions
wife Sarah and all his living children.
Daniel Fiske of Wenham husbandman & Theophs Rix of W Taylor had re-
leased & quit claimed to them by John Newman of Glocester trader a certain
tract of land in Wenham containmg 20 acres "which land was bought by one
Sam'l Fiske Theophilus Rix of my bond father John Newman Esq. in his life
time To have & to hold ye said tract of land as butted & bounded in their ye said
Saml Fiske's and Theophilus Rix's Deed bearing Dates June ye 16 1692, to them
ye said Theophilus Rix and Daniel Fiske their heirs &c. Witnessed by Wm. &
Benj Fisk Feb 24 1 720-1.
He d. 1761; res. Wenham and Upton, Mass.
SAMUEL, b. Feb. 14, 1728; m. Sarah Partridge.
DANIEL, b. June 17, 1718; m. Zilpah Tyler.
HANNAH, b. May 16, 1721; m. in Wenham July 6, 1742, Eben-
ezer Ober.
BENJAMIN, b. May 7, 1724; m. Rebecca and Keziah
SARAH, b. March 20, 1730; m. Dec. 17, 1755, in Upton, Eben-
ezer Walker, of Upton.
WILLIAM, b. April 14, 1733; m. Jemima Adams.
JOSIAH, b. Feb. 2, 1734: m. Sarah Barber, Lydia Daniels and
Elizabeth Gore.
MARTHA, b. April 8, 1738; m. April 24, 1760, in Upton, Perin
Batchelder.
SARAH, b. Dec. 6, 1719; d. Feb. i, 1720.
PHEBE, b. Oct. 5, 1726; d. Nov. 18, 1726.
SARAH, b. March 5, 1722; d. March 31, 1723.
269. SAMUEL FISKE (Joseph, William, John, William, Robert, Simon,
Simon, William, Syniond), b. Swanzey, Mass., July 5, 1680; m. in Rehoboth,
March 16, 1704, Mehitable Wheaton. She d. before 1716, for at that time he had
married again, and his wife's name was Elizabeth . He was born in Swan-
zey. Later he moved to Rehoboth and finally located in Johnstown, R. I., where
he died. He was possessed of quite a large property at his death. He generally
was called "Yeoman," but once or twice in deeds is called "Cordwainer." 1703,
Dec. 18, He bought land in Providence of Ephrami Pierce, of Swanzey, Mass.
1709, Sept. 8, he bought land of Zuriel Hall. 1744, Oct. 13, he deeded land to son
Joseph for love and affection. 1756, May 9, he sold to Joseph Fiske for £2,000
homestead farm of 55 acres in Providence and two lots of land in Scituate con-
taining 34 acres, and % of certain undivided land. The homestead was in that
part of Providence that subsequently (1759) was set off as town of Johnston.
1757, he took administration on the estate of his son Ezekiel Fiske. He was un-
doubtedly the father also of Phineas Fiske, who married Mary Colwell in Provi-
dence 1729, Jan. 19. [The above Samuel Fiske was probably a brother of Benjamin
Fiske, who early settled in Scituate. R. I., and had wife Abigail, daughter Eliz-
abeth, born 1709, sons Hezekiah, Benjamin Jr., Noah, Daniel, Job, John, (and
other daughters Mary, Freelove and Abigail, besides Elizabeth, first referred to.]
J. O. Austin. Prov. R. I. This is not so; see elsewhere.
He d. after 1757 and before 1763; res. Swanzey, Mass., Providence and Johns-
town, R. I.
381. iv. DANIEL, b. May 10, 1710; m. Mercy Stone and Sarah Stewart.
382. iii. JOSEPH, b. June 8, 1708; m. Freelove Fiske.
383. ii. PATIENCE, b. March 28, 1706. • V
370.
371.
372.
1.
ii.
iii.
373-
374-
iv.
V.
375-
376.
vi.
vii.
377-
viii
378.
379-
380.
ix.
x.
xi.
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384. V. EZEKIEL, b. . He died Dec. 28, 1757, and the administra-
tion of his estate was granted to his father Samuel.
385. i. PHINEHAS, b. ; m. Mary Colwell.
278. JOHN FISKE (John, Nathaniel, WilHam, Robert, Simon, Simon,
William, Symond), b. Watertown, Nov. 20, 1655; m. Dec. 9, 1679, Abigail Parks,
dau. of Thomas and Abigail (Dix); b. March 3, 1658; m. 2d, Jan. 7, 1699, Hannah
Richards; d. 1714.
He was a husbandman. May 23, 1697. John and wife Abigail for £10-10-0
sold to John Ward of Newton, turner, 131^ acres in Newton, probably inherited
from her father. Gravestone inscription in Waltham grave yard: Here lyes
the Body of Mr. John Fiske Who Dec'd Jan ye 6th 1718 in ye 63rd year of His age."
He was made a freeman April 18, 1690. His will is dated June 6, 1709, and
proved June 23, 1718. His son John was sole executor and he gave all his real
estate to his wife Hannah. He was a husbandman. He d. Jan. 6, 1718; res.
Watertown and Waltham, Mass.
386. i. ABIGAIL, b. June 12, 1684; m. Feb. 24, 1701, John Stearns.
He was of Wat. Settled on his father's homestead, where he
was b. June 24, 1677. Inventory of his estate, administrator
his widow Abigail, in 1735 £952-3-10. In the settlement of the
estate mention is made of the heirs of Peter and James. Ch. :
John, b. Nov. 18, 1702, m. Anna Coolidge, res. Wat. and West-
minster; Josiah, b. Oct. 14, 1704, m. Susanna Ball, Dorothy
Prentice and Mary Bowman, res. Wat.; Joseph, b. July, 1706,
d. unm. insane April 11, 1756; Abigail, b. June 3, 1708, m.
Col. Benjamin Bellows, res. Lunenburg and Walpole, N. H. ;
David, b. Dec. 24, 1709, m. Ruth Hubbard. He gr. Harvard
Coll. 1728, was a minister in Lunenburg. After his death
she m. Nov. 9, 1768, Rev. Aaron Whitney, of Petersham, gr.
Harvard Coll. 1737. They d. in Keene, N. H.; Thomas, b.
•Oct. 8, 171 1, m. Hannah Clarke, of Newton, res. Westminster,
and m. 2d, Lydia Hilton. He was a Deacon and d. s. p.;
James, b. 1713, d. 1713; Hannah, b. Dec. 20, 1713, m. Dea.
Samuel Johnson, of Lunenburg; Benjamin, b. , m.
Anna Taylor, res. Lunenburg; Peter, m. and left des.; William,
b. Mar. 11, 1717, m. Elizabeth Johnson, was a Deacon, res.
Lunenburg; Lydia, b. Oct. 7, 1719, m. Joshua Goodrich, of
Lunenburg; James, b. July 9, 1721, d. young; Lois, b. Jan. 18,
1722, m. Jonas White; Abijah, b. Dec. 19, 1724, m. Sarah Hey-
wood, was a Colonel; res. Lunenburg and d. s. p. 1783.
387. ii. ELIZABETH, b. Jan. 20, 1685; m. Mar. i, 1709, Benjamin Whitney.
He was b. Jan. 31, 1864. His will is dated June 14, and was
proved Nov. 8, 1736. He d. Oct., 1736; res. Watertown, Mass.
Cli.: Joseph, b. Dec. 3, 1710, m. Mary Child; Benjamin, b.
Sept. 14. 1712, m. ; Samuel, b. Nov. 22, 1715, m.
Mary Clark; Elizabeth, b. Mar. 9, 1718, m. Nov. 26, 1747, Wil-
liam McCune, of Weston. Ch.: Lydia, b. Oct., 1748; Isaac.
b. May 31, 1750. She prob. m. 2d, ; child. (See her
bro. Samuel's will.)
388. iii. JOHN, b. May 15, 1687; m. Mary Whitney and Elizabeth Chi-
nery.
389. iv. JONATHAN, bap. Nov. 25, 1688; d. in infancy.
390. v. JONATHAN, bap. Dec. 8, 1689; m. Lydia Bemis.
391. vi. HEPZIBAH, b Jan. 13, 1693; m. Dec. 8, 171S, George Harring-
ton. He was b. Aug. 31, 1695. She d. Mar. 26, 1736; res.
Wat. Hannah, b. July 31, 1716, m. William Whitney, Jr., of
Weston; Elisha, b. Aug. 27, 1717, d. 1719; Abigail, b. Oct. 4,
1718; John, b. Dec. 14, 1719, m. Sarah Barnard; Lydia, b.
Feb. 12, 1720; Elisha, b. Nov. 19, 1722; Seth, b. June 22, 1724;
Benjamin, b. Sept. 29, 1725, m. Elizabeth Pierce; Sarah, b.
Oct. 21, 1727; Seth, b. Sept. 25, 1728; Mercy, b. Feb. 7, 1730;
Rnnire. b. Oct. .-^o, 1733; Susana, b. Jan. 9, 1735.
392. vii. DAUGHTER, b. Nov. 19, 1695; d. Nov. 20, 1695.
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396.
397-
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V.
400.
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393. viii. DAVID, b. April 13, 1697; m. Elizabeth Durkee.
394. ix. HANNAH, bap. Oct. 8, 1704; d. July 21, 1714.
281. WILLIAM FISKE (John, Nathaniel, William, Robert, Simon, Simon,
William, Symond), b. Wat. Feb. 2Z, 1663; m. Oct. 25, 1693, Hannah Smith, of
Cambridge, dau. of John and Mary (Beers), b. Dec. 27, 1672; d. Dec. 7, 1728.
He was selectman in 1717. His will is dated Feb. 18, 1734; proved Mar. 29, 1742.
He was yeoman. His son Samuel was executor and had most of the property,
as the other children had already received most of their portions. He d. in 1742;
res. Watertown, Mass.
WILLIAM, b. Aug. 24, 1694; d. Dec. 13, 1702.
HANNAH, b. Oct. 13, 1696.
MARY, b. Jan. 16, 1698; d. Dec. 13, 1702.
THOMAS, b. Sept. 12, 1701; m. Mary Pierce.
WILLIAM, b. Mar. 13, 1703; m. Mary Sanderson.
JOHN, b. Aug. 24, 1706; m. Sarah Child. j\,
SAMUEL, b. Jan. 4, 1709; m. Anna Bemis. ^..>,\'^'"''^'
286. LIEUT. NATHAN FISKE (Nathan, Nathaniel, William, Robert,
Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Watertown Oct. 17, 1042; m. Elizabeth
Fry; d. May 15, 1696. Oct. i, 1673, he purchased of Thomas Underwood and wife
Magdalen 220 acres of farm lands in Weston for £10. His inventory was £151.
He was selectman 1684-88-91. Admr. was granted to his widow Elizabeth Dec. 10,
1694. Inventory by Wm. Bond, Senr., Samuel Jennison, Senr., and Nathaniel
Barsham, dated Nov. 27, 1694. House and 22 acres on both sides of the high-
way £45, 6 acres in Newton £9, 12 acres about Prospect Hill £6, 7 acres in Thatch-
ers Meadow £5, about 250 acres farm land £15. The 220 acres were purchased
as stated above of Thos. Underwood and bounded by property of Anthony
Pierce, and others. An agreement of his children dated Nov. 23, 1696, was signed
by Nathan Fiske; David, the guardian of William; James Ball for Elizabeth, his
wife; Edward Park for his wife; John Mixer for his wife and Susanna Fiske.
Lt. Nathan Fisk of Watertown Oct. 1694 admn granted to Elizabeth Fiske
his widow Dec. 10 1694 the inv of the Estate having been taken Nov. 27 1694 Items
Homestead some land about Prospect Hill A division of the Estate was divided
among the heirs Feb 21 1694-5 Viz Elizth the widow who deceased previous to
June 2 1696 when her thirds was divided Children Nathan — Elizth who was then
wife of James Ball — Martha then unmarried but had previous to June 2 1696 mar-
ried Edward Park — Susan who not married before June 1696 — Abigail then
unmarried but previous to June 2 1696 had married John Mixer — William who
was alive in June 1696 and his uncle David Fiske whom he had appointed when he
was 16 years old for his guardian Dec. 10, 1694 was also alive at that time.
He d. Oct. II, 1694; res. Watertown, Mass.
402. i. NATHAN, b. Feb. 9, 1665; d. Oct. 9, 1668.
403. ii. ELIZABETH, b. Jan. 19, 1667; m. Jan. 16, 1693, James Ball, b.
Mar. 7, 1670; was a weaver. He d. Feb. 22, 1729. His will is
dated Feb. 21 of this year. John Ball, a Concord freeman,
brought with him from England, where he lived in Wiltshire,
his two sons, Nathaniel and John. He died in Concord, Oct
i> 1655. John Ball married Elizabeth Pierce, of Watertown,
Mass., and had five children. By a second marriage with Eliz-
abeth Fox he had one child. He (John Ball) was killed by
Indians at Lancaster, Mass., Sept. 10, 1675. John Ball, born
1644, and married Sarah Bullard, a dau. of Geo. Bullard, of
Watertown. They had seven children. He was by trade a
weaver, and died May 8, 1722. James Ball, born in Water-
town, 1670. He m. Elizabeth Fisk. Ch. : James, b. Feb. 2, 1694;
m. Sarah ; res. Ball Hill, Northboro, Mass. Nathan, b.
Feb. 28, 1695; d. Northboro, 1768. John, b. July 22, 1697; m.
Abigail Harrington and Lydia Perry; res. Worcester, and he
d. there 1756. Elizabeth, b. Apr. 2, 1699; d. 1703. Sarah, b.
Sept. 21, 1700; m. Aug. 5, 1724, Daniel Hastings; ch. Sarah,
Stephen. Hannah, Daniel, Elizabeth, John, Elizabeth, John,
David, Hannah. Daniel Hastings m. Priscilla Keyes, Aug.
16, 1753. Their children were Ruth, Elizabeth, Daniel, Henry;
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Henry Hastings, b. Sept. 3, 1758, m. Abigail Hawes, July 15,
u' ^ 1785. Their children were Amherst, Daniel, Lois, Elizabeth;
^ ^- Lois Hastings, b. May 29, 1796, m. Asaph Browning, Apr. 9,
^."^ 1816. Their children were Louise, Silas, Abigail, Clara, Asaph,
Mary Louise; Abigail Hastings, b. Feb. 19, 1824, m. Henry
Endicott. Their children died in infancy except Emma
Endicott, who was b. Jan. 20, 1854; m. Joseph Mason
Marean, Jan. 20, 1876, and whose children are Edith, Henry
Endicott, Parker Endicott, Mason Browning, and Endicott;
res. 46 Brewster street, Cambridge, Mass. Abigail, b. June 5,
1702; m. Dea. Jonathan Livermore. Elizabeth, b. Apr. 9, 1705;
m. Thomas Fuller; res. Newton. Susanna, b. Mar. 16, 1707;
m. Josiah Stearns. She d. 1740.
404. iii. MARTHA, b. Jan. 12, 1670; m. Mar. 13, 1694, Edward Park, b.
Apr. 8, 1661, son of Thomas and grandson of Richard of Camb.,
the emigrant; res. Newton; ch., Edward, bap. July 8, 1744.
405. iv. NATHAN, b. Jan. 3, 1672; m. Sarah Coolidge and Mrs. Han-
nah Smith.
406. V. SUSANNA, b. Apr. 7, 1674; d. unm. Will dated Shrewsbury,
Feb. 19, 1745; proved June 29, 1752; d. in Shrewsbury, Apr. 28,
1752. Probably living with her niece, Grace Goddard. Susan
Fiske then in Shrewsbury Worcester Co residing, spinster
"being aged" made her will Feb 19 1745-6 which was proved
June 20 1752 when it was said that she was late of Watertown
& the two witnesses at that time present were Simon & Susan-
nah Goddard She mentions that her brother Nathan Fisk
late of Watertown deceased left 5 sons & 2 daughters and they
appear to have received the whole of her estate Among them
were mentioned the names of the daughters viz Grace Goddard
of Shrewsbury & Hannah Fisk of Watertown and her (the
testator's) cousin Nathan Fiske of Watertown who was execu-
tor of the will.
407. vi. ABIGAIL, b. Feb. 18, 1675; m. Aug. 15, 1695, John Mixer. He
was b. Mar. 5, 1668, son of Isaac, Jr., whose father came from
Ipswich, Eng., in 1634. John was a tanner and res. in Wat.
and Hampshire Co. Ch. : Abigail, b. June 26, 1696; John, b.
Jan. 22, 1698; Elizabeth, b. Dec. 30, 1702; George, b. Dec. 27,
1704; Ann, m. 1738, John Jones, Jr., of Weston.
408. vii. WILLIAM, b. Dec. s, 1677; d. 1677.
409. viii. WILLIAM, b. Nov. 10, 1678; m. Eunice Jennings.
410. ix. ANNA, b. ; d. July 13, 1683.
288. DAVID FISKE (Nathan, Nathaniel, William, Robert. Simon, Simon,
William, Symond), b. Wat, Apr. 29, 1650; m. Dec. 15, 1675, Elizabeth Reed, b.
July 26, 1653, dau. of Dea. George of Woburn. She d. Mar. 21, 1717. Elizabeth
dau. of Geo. and Elizabeth of Woburn, and granddau. of William and May-
bel, b. July 26, 1653, m. David Fiske, of Watertown. Mr. Fiske was a land sur-
veyor, and did much in laying out townships, etc. He was of the Lexington stock
of Fiskes, who were relatives of Rev. John Fiske of Chelmsford. George, as above
July 26, 1653, dau. of Dea. George of Woburn, and granddau. of William and May-
son of William & Maybel, born in England, 1629 bought a farm in Woburn
of Rebecca Terrace, Nov. 7 1651. Married Elizabeth (jennings, or Gennison
of Watertown Aug. 4, 1651; bought land in Weymouth. April 16, 1665 Cambridge,
Mass. Probate, Middlesex Co. Will of George Reed, Sen. of Wooburne Yoeman
proved 1706 wife Hannah. Ch. : John Timothy, Thomas, Samuel, George, Will-
iam; daus. Mary Johnson, Hannah Elson, Elizabeth Fisk receives 5 £, Sarah
Robason etc etc.
Admr. was granted to widow Elizabeth Dec. 10, 1694. He was a surveyor.
He d. 1694; res. Watertown, Mass.
411. i. NATHAN, b. ; living 1694.
412. ii. DAVID, b. Dec. 11, 1678; m. Rebecca .
289. NATHANIEL FISKE (Nathan, Nathaniel, William, Robert. Simon,
Simon, William, Symond), b. Watertown, July 12, 1653; m. Apr. 13, 1677, Mrs..
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Mary (Warren) Child, b. Nov. 29, 1651, dau. of Daniel Warren, of Watertowii,
and wid. of John Child, of Watertown, b. 1636, d. Oct. 15, 1676. Inventory £142.
She d. May 12, 1734. He was a weaver. His will is dated June 10 and proved
Oct. 3, i73S. Vol. 20 Mid Prob. Rec. p. 210. Will. Nathaniel of Watertown
weaver dte June 10 1735 appr Dec 22 1735 ist to children of my son Nathaniel de-
cea'd & to children of son John equally amongst them money from Debts due to
be divided in 5 equal sharees. To 3 daughters, Hannah Biglow, Sarah Hastings
& Elizabeth Flagg, to each one share, to children of daughter Lydia Harrington
had by her former husband John Warren one share to children of daughter Abi-
gail Flagg deceased One share — To children of daughter Mary Knapp deceas'd
— nothing considering what I did for their mother in her life time. To My
daughter in Law Mary Child "as a requital for her care & good service" &c.
He d. Sept., 1735; res. Watertown, Mass.
413- i- NATHANIEL, b. June 9, 1678; m. Hannah Adams.
414. ii. HANNAH, b. Aug. 29, 1680; m. Oct. 17, 1701, Joshua Bigelow,
Jr., b. Nov. 25, 1677. His father was wounded in King Phil-
ip's war and was granted land in Worcester, but later went to
Westminster. Joshua, Jr., res. in Weston. Ch. : Joshua, b.
Feb. 5, 1701. Hannah, b. Mar. 6, 1703; m. Cheney; res.
Mendon. Nathaniel, b. Jan. 17, 1706; m. Hannah Robinson;
res. Fram. Lydia, b. Mar. 8, 1708; m. Isaac Parkhurst. Eliz-
abeth, b. Dec. 2, 171 1 ; m. David Wilson; res. Lancaster.
John, b. June 24, 1715; m. Grace Allen; res. Weston. Abigail,
b. Oct. 7, 1719. Mary, b. Mar. 18, 1721.
415. iii. JOHN, b. Mar. 17, 1682; m. Lydia Adams.
416. iv. SARAH, b. July 4, 1684; m. Jan. 8, 1706, John Hastings, Jr.
(John, Thomas), bap. Dec. 4, 1687. He d. before 1747; res.
Watertown and rev. to Lunenburg. Ch. : Sarah, b. Nov. 8,
1707. Susanna, b. Apr. 4, 1710. John, b. Feb. 4, 1711. Na-
eli^^J^^.
O'y^f^L^
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thaniel, b. June 9, 1714; m. Esther Perry; res. Shrewsbury.
Hannah, b. Jan. 24, 1716; m. Aug. 15, 1735, Lieut. David
Farnsworth (Samuel, Matthais.) He was one of the orig-
inal settlers in Charlestown, N. H., and later removed to
Hollis, N. H. They had a daughter Relief Farnsworth
who married June 4, 1771, Reuben Tucker (Moses, Joseph,
Morris); ch. Charles Tucker m. 1804 Wealthy Ruggles;
their ch. Gilbert Ruggles Tucker m. August 20, 183 1.
Evelina Christina Snyder; their child Wm. Stringham
Snyder Tucker (7) m. May 4, 1865, Martha Ann Nesbitt;
their dau. Ida Nesbitt Tucker (8) m. Jan 18, 1888, Tyler
Seymour Morris (Joseph, Ephraim, Isaac, Edward, Ed-
ward, Edward) their son Seymour Tucker Morris, born
Nov. 28, 1890 in Chicago.
Eunice, b. Sept. 3, 1722; Enoch, bap. Oct. 1724; Elisha, bap. Jan. 15, 1726;
Elizabeth, b. 1732.
417. V. LYDIA, b. Dec. 2, 1687; m. May 14, 1711, John Warren, son of
John Warren, b. May 21, 1678. His wid. admr. on his estate
July 29, 1726. Inventory £391. She m. 2d, June 17, 1730, Ben-
jamin Harrington, b. Oct. 2, 1685, d. 1768. She d. Aug. 21,
1761; res. Weston. Ch. by ist wife: John, b. Apr. 3, 1701;
res. Marlboro. Sarah, b. Sept. 20, 1702; m. Samuel Harring-
ton. Samuel, b. Mar. 18, 1703; m. Tabitha Stone. Thomas,
b. Mar. 11, 1705; m. Lydia Mixer. David, b. June 22, 1708; m.
Martha Coolidge, "Jr." Ch. by Lydia: Benjamin, b. Apr. 4,
1715. David, b. Jan. 8, 1716. Abigail, b. Oct. 28, 1719. Lucy,
b. Oct. 26, 1721. William, b. Oct. 21, 1723; d. 1739. John,
bap. 1725.
418. vi. MARY, bap. Apr. 20, 1690; m. in Wat. Oct. 30, 1716, James
Knapp, b. Feb. 4, 1690; res. Wat. and Worcester. Ch.: James,
bap. Nov. 24, 1723; Elizabeth, b. May 15, 1729; John, b. Oct.
31, 1731-
419. vii. ELIZABETH, b. June 24, 1692; m. Jan. 25, 1715, Capt. Benja-
min Flagg, Jr., Esq., of Wat. and Worcester. He was b. in
Wat. Aug. 25, 1691, d. in Worcester, June 12, 1751. She d.
there Nov. 30, 1760, ae. TJ. He settled in Worcester, where
he acquired much respect and influence. He was selectman
1725 and 1726, and was the schoolmaster in 1729. Inventory
£259. Ch. : Elizabeth, b. May 24, 1717; m. Absolem Rice.
Abigail, b. ; m. Samuel Hubbard. Benjamin, bap. Aug.
26, 1723; m. Abigail ; res. Worcester; was on important
committees during the French and Revolutionary wars; was
captain before the Revolutionary war, and in 1777 was lieuten-
ant-colonel. William. Asa, bap. July 21, 1721; an Ensign in
1757. Mary, unm., in 1751.
420. viii. ABIGAIL, b. Aug. 28, 1698; m. Apr. 10, 1717, Allen Flagg, Jr.,
b. Feb. 9, 1690. She d. Mar., 1729; res. Weston. Ch. : Eben-
ezer, b. Jan. 2, 1718. Abigail, b. July 15, 1719. Josiah, b.
June 9, 1722. Abijah, b. Aug. 29, 1724; m. Mary Stone, of Sud-
bury. Three other children by second wife.
292. p^EA. JONATHAN^ FISKE (Div.iii, DaVid, David, Jeflfrey, Robert,
Simon, Sirtidn, William, Symond), b. at Lexington, May 19, 1679; m. Abigail
Reed, dau. of Capt. William of Lexington, b. May 29, 1687. His name first appears
upon the Lex. parish records in 1707, when Corpl. Jonathan Fiske was chosen one
of the assessors. He was also a subscriber for the purchase of the common in
171 1, though the church records show that his dau. Abigail was bap. in 1704, when
he owned the covenant. He and his wife united with the church in 1708. He had
a family of fourteen children, five of whom were b. in Lex., and the rest in
Sudbury, to which place he moved about 1713, where he was a deacon. He and
his wife were dismissed to the Sudbury church in 1718. His will, dated Nov. 13,
1740, mentions wife Abigail, ^ j sons and seven daus., two of his children having
died before that period. /
Will of Jonathan Fiske' of Sudbury gentleman Being weak in Body etc. To
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wife Abigail he gave one third and to sons Bezaleel and David all my lands and
rights in Holden in the County of Worcester etc. To my son William all my
lands in Sutton. To my son Samuel a tract of land in Sudbury on the east side
of the river Called the neck containing about twenty-six acres; To my son Ben-
jamin £25 to be paid him when he shall arrive at the age of twenty-one, Have
given to my daughters Abigail Parris, Kezia Noyes, Lydia Patterson Mary Fisk,
Beulah Stone Wife Abigail in consideration etc to pay "my daughter Hepzibath
Fisk, and my daughter Sarah Fisk and daughter Anna. My two youngest sons
David and Benjamin live with their mother until they arrive at twenty-one years
of age. My wife Abigal with son in law Samuel Parris executors.
Connecting Jonathan with the Lexington line is the following Worcester Co.
Deeds Vol 21 page 100 Jonathan Fisk of Sudbury & Abegail, wife Joseph
Manor of Lexington & Elizabeth, wife Edward Johnson of Woburn & Rebec-
hah, wife John Stone, Jr. of Lexington. Mary, wife sell to brother, William
Reed of Lexington all rights in estate of father William Reed of Lexington, dec.
date Sept 10 1718.
Jonathan Fisk bought land in Sudbury Nov. 25 171 1 he was then "of Cam-
bridge."
The town record of Sudbury gives baptism & marriage (Jonathan, May ig
1679. Abegail Reed — ■ also Samuel, May 3 1717 m. Abegail Rice — ).
Jonathan Fiske of Sudbury Inv. of his estate Mar. 28 1743 made oath to by
an Abigail Fiske (not said whether widow or not) & Sam'l Parris Apr 4, 1743 He
owned land in Sudbury also in Holden & Worcester in Worcester County — and in
all about 700 acres of land.
William Reed father of Elizabeth was son of George & Elizabeth, and grand-
son of William & Maybel born Sept 22 1662 m. Abegail Kendall, his fathers cousin,
May 24 1686 She had an unusual number of fingers and toes Ch. Abegail born
May 29 1687, m. Deacon Jonathan Fisk & moved to Sudbury.
He d. Dec. 2y, 1740; res. Lexington and Sudbury, Mass.
421. i. ABIGAIL, bap. July 23, 1704; m. in Sudbury, Nov. 28, 1760,
Dea. Samuel Parris, b. Jan. 9, 1701. He was the son of Rev.
Samuel Parris and grandson of Thomas, merchant of London.
422. ii. JONATHAN, bap. June 9, 1706; m. Jemima Foster.
423. iii. KEZIA, bap. Aug. 8, 1708; m. Nov. 12, 1741, Peter Noyes, of
Sudbury.
424. iv. LYDIA, bap. Apr. 16, 1710; m. Oct. 14, 1730, James Patterson.
He res. in Watertown, Petersham and Princeton, where he d.
May 4, 1766, and left wid. Lydia, who d. in 1776, ae. 66. Ch.:
Jonathan, b. Nov. 30, 1735, killed by the Indians in the French
war July 20, 1758. David, b. May 11, 1739. Andrew, b. Apr.
14, 1742; m. Oct. 21, 1761, Elizabeth Bond, of Worcester, and
had, Sarah, b. 1764; Jonas, b. 1768.
425. V. MARY, bap. June 30, 1712; m. Nathan Fiske, of Weston (See).
426. vi. HEPZIBAH, b. Oct. 30, 1713; m. May 14, 1747, Joseph Liver-
. more, of Sudbury.
427. vii. BEZALEEL, b. Aug. 24, 1715; m. Beulah Frost, Tabitha Hyns
and Rebeckah Rand.
428. viii. SAMUEL, b. May 3, 1717; m. Abigail Rice.
429. ix. BEULAH. b. Nov. i, 1718; m. in Sudbury, 1737, Benjamin
Stone. He was b. Feb. 20, 1717-8; d. 1745, leaving Benjamin,
Lucy, Sarah. The wid. m. 2d, Dec. 23, 1747, Benjamin Eaton,
of Framingham.
430. X. WILLIAM, b. Sept. 4, 1720; m. Sarah Cutting.
431. xi. SARAH, b. Dec. 6, 1722; m. Apr. 9, 1746, Richard Heard, of
Sudbury.
432. xii. ANNA, b. 1724; m. June 9, 1747, Henry Smith, of Sudbury.
433. xiii. DAVID, b. Sept. 4, 1726; m. Ruth Noyes.
434. xiv. BENJAMIN, b. Mar. 28, 1730; m. Abigail Maynard.
294. DR. ROBERT FISKE (David, David, Jeffrey, Robert, Simon, Simon,
William, Symond), b. Watertown, Mar. 8. 16^; m. May 26, 1718, Mary Stimpson,
of Reading, b. ; d. Feb. 11, 1757. In 171 1 he was a subscriber for the pur-
chase of the common. He was ad. to the church in 1736. His residence was on
Hancock street, where his father David had resided, and was one of the first set-
tled places in the township. The present, which is probably the second house on
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97
that spot, was erected in 1732. Robert Fiske was a physician, and probably the
first of the profession in that place. His wife survived him but a few years.
The inventory of his estate sheds light upon the manners and customs of the
age. Among other things, we find the following: Hat and wig iocs; Arms —
yellow stock gun, 8£ 10s; little gun 5^; carbine 50s; brass pistols 50s; rapier and
belt I2s; three staves 20s; two cans and two piggens 15s; one loom, quill wheel and
warping bars, 50s; two pairs snow shoes 30s. Books — General Practice of Physic,
30s; English Dispensatory or Synopsis of Medicine 30s. The Structure and Condi-
tion of Bones 15s. By these items, it will be seen that the doctor was quite as well
armed for the art of war as for the art of healing.
In the distribution of the estate of Dr. Robert Fiske, all of the real estate went
to the older brothers of John, so that no deed from him appears to have been
thereafter needed and in fact has not been found. 25 April, 1757, Robert Fiske of
Woburn, Physician, gave to Joseph Fiske of Lexington, Physician and Jonas
Parker of Lexington, laborer, a bond for £27, conditioned that David Fiske on
coming of age would convey to Jonas Parker and Joseph Fiske his share in that
one third of the estate of Robert Fiske, Physician of Lexington, deceased, which
had been set ofif to his mother, Mary Fiske, widow of the said Robert. The sure-
ties were John Fiske of Lexington, Dr. Jonathan and David Fiske of Woburn,
John Buckman of Lexington and Mary his wife, and Lydia Wilson, widow of
Lexington. These sureties were evidently the brothers and sisters of Robert,
Joseph and David Fiske, mentioned in the body of the bond. 5 December, 1757.
John Buckman of Lexington, filed his bond as administrator of that part of the
estate of Dr. Robert Fiske, left unadministered by his widow, Mary, the sureties
on the bond being John Fiske, Physician, of Lexington and John Fiske of Wo-
burn, yeoman. He died Apr. 18, 1753; res. Lexington, Mass.
435. i. MARY, b. Feb. 8, 1718; d. Feb., 1719.
436. ii. MARY, b. Mar. 16, 1719; m. John Buckman, of Lexington. He
d. Feb. 17, 1768, ae. 51. She d. Feb. 10, 1768, ae. 50. Ch.:
Mary, b. Dec. 27, 1740; m. Feb. 16, 1766, Francis Brown, ot
Lex. John, b. Apr. 2, 1745; m. July 21, 1768, Ruth Stone, of
Lex. He was an innkeeper and it was at his house that Capt.
Parker and his patriotic men assembled on the evening of
Apr. 18, 1775, and from this house they issued on the approach
of the British the next morning. Shots were fired from this
house upon the red coats after they had attacked the Americans
upon the common, and some of the clapboards to this day
give evidence that the fire was returned. Hist. Lex. 426.
Sarah, b. Jan. 3, 1747; m. June 12, 1760, Jonas Stone, Jr., of
Lex. Elizabeth, b. Jan. 11, 1753. Ruth, b. Dec. 30, 1755.
437. iii. ROBERT, b. Jan. 12, 1721;
m. Mrs. Abigail Grover
and Betty . ^ ^m^
438. iv. SARAH, b. Sept. 26, 1723; _ -' ^ "
d. young. ; ^ _
439. V. LYDIA, b. June 23, 1724;
m. Tames Wilson, of Bed-*
ford.
[440. vi. JOSEPH, b. Oct. 13, 1726;
m. Hepzibah Raymond.
441. vii. RUTH, b. Mar. 26, 1729;
m. Farmer. She
442. VIll.
443. IX.
444-
OLD BUCKMAN T.WERN.
d. before 1755.
JOHN, b. Nov. 8, 1 731; m.
Mary Ingalls.
JONATHA^N, b. Mar. 20,
1734; m. Abigail Locke.
DAVID, b. Mar. 8, 1737;
m. Elizabeth Blodgett.
295. LIEUT. EBENEZER FISKE (David, David, David, Jeffrey, Robert,
Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Lex., Sept. 12, 1692; m. Dec. 4, 1718, Grace
Harrington, of Wat., dau. of Samuel and Grace (Livermore), b. Aug. 26, 1694, d,
Aug. 29, 1721; m. 2d, Bethia Muzzy, b. 1700, d. Nov. 19, 1774. His first wife died
four days after the birth of their first child. The monumental stone in the old
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burying ground at Lex. has the honorable prefix of Lieut, to his name. He
appears to have been popular in his day, having been called to fill many ofiices in
the town. He was selectman ten years, between 1739 and 1758. He resided on the
road to Concord, a little more than a mile from the common, at the easterly side
of a large swell of land, which from his residence and ownership has taken the
name of "Fiske Hill." It was at this house that the gallant Hayward of Acton
met a British soldier coming from the well, between whom shots were exchanged,
with fatal efifect on both sides. Benjamin, my son, "was to have my negro boy
Pompee or if sd. do not survive me £30 in lieu thereof." He d. Dec. 19, 1775; res.
Lexington, Mass.
GRACE, b. 1721; d. Aug. 25, 1721.
EBENEZER, b. Mar. 5, 1725; m. Elizabeth Cotton.
BETHL\, b. Aug. i, 1729; m. Oliver, of Boston.
ELIZABETH, b. May 7, 1731; m. Sept. 3, 1751, Rev. Robert
Cutler. He was graduated at Harvard College, and was pastor
in Greenwich, Mass., from 1755 until his death. His son Will-
iam, b. Dec. 2S, 1753, was a doctor in western Massachusetts
until 1795; was also postmaster and justice of the peace.
449. iii. JANE, b. Mar. 21, 1733; m. Oct. 28, 1752, Josiah Hadley.
450. iv. ANNA, b. July 30, 1735; m. Oct. 24, 1754, Oliver Barrett, of
Concord. He was a grandson of the emigrant Humphrey
Barrett, w-ho came from England and settled in Concord in
1640. Oliver settled in Chelmsford.
451. v. BENJAMIN, b. Mar. 24, 1737; d. young.
452. vi. SAMUEL, b. Oct. 15, 1739; m. .
453. vii. BENJAMIN, b. Aug. 10, 1742; m. Rebecca Howe.
454. viii. SARAH, bap. Nov. 24, 1723; m. Alless.
300. JAMES FISKE (James, James, Phinehas, Thomas, Robert, Simon, Si-
mon, William, Syniond), b. Groton, Mass., Feb. 11, 1694; m. Mar. 23, 1736,
Lydia Bennett. James Fiske, of Groton, made his will on August 10, 1767, proved
April 13, 1771, in which he speaks of his eldest son James, second son Peter,
daughters Lydia and Mary, and youngest son John, wife Lydia. He d. 1767; res.
Groton, Mass.
455. i. JAMES, b. June 28, 1738.
456. ii. LYDIA, b. Feb. 20, 1740.
457. iii. PETER, b. Mar. 16, 1743; m. Oct. 3, 1769, Rachel Kemp. He
was born in Groton, and at the breaking out of the Revolu-
tionary War enlisted in Capt. Parker's Company in Col. Pres-
cott's Regiment from Groton. He was in the battle of Bun-
ker Hill and killed in that engagement.
458. iv. MARY, b. June 9, 1746. .
459. V. JOHN, b. Mar. 30, 1749; m. Anna Blood and d. July 12, 1821.
Ch.: John, b. Nov. 15, 1776; d. Apr., 1811. Anna, b. June 3,.
1778. Molly, b. Feb. 20, 1780: d. Feb. 23, 1783. Nathaniel,
b. Feb. 15, 1782; (J. Mar. 16. 1783. Mary, b. Mar. 24, 1784.
Lydia. b. . Anne, b. ]\Iay 9, 1786. Nathaniel, b. Feb.
7. 1788. Nabbj', b. Oct. 22, 1789. Abel, b. Dec. 10 1791.
James, b. Feb. 16, 1794; Sarah, b. Aug. 8, 1796; m. Nathan
Gallott, and Feb. 23, 1857, resided in Groton. At that time
she had one brother and three sisters living, but her grand-
father's (James Fiske, Jr.) family were all dead, one of whom
was killed in the battle of Bunker Hill.
301. SAMUEL FISKE (James, James, Phinehas, Thomas, Robert, Simon,
Simon, William, Symond), b. Groton, ]\Iass., July 10, 1696; m. .
Samuel Fisk, late of Newtown, yeoman, will dated June 14, 1769, proved Aug. i,
1770, "Being advanced in age, but" Bequeaths to son Samuel and heirs, daughter
Lucy Whitin and heirs, dau. Abigail Parrish, wife of Samuel Parrish, dau. Mary
Hammond, wife of Samuel Hammond, to dau. Ann Fisk, to my gr. dau. Rebecca
Mills, to gr. son Elisha Mills, to my two sons, viz., Thomas & Aaron, all lands,
and buildings. Aaron & Thomas were executors. He d. 1769; res. Newton, Mass.
460. i. SAMUEL, b. ; m. .
461. ii. LUCY, b. — : m. Whitin.
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462. iii. ANN, b. .
463. iv. MARY, b. ; m. Mar. 13, 1755, Samuel Hammond,
of Newton.
464. V. AARON, b. about 1763; m. Abigail .
465. vi. THOMAS, b. ; was ex. of his father's will.
466. vii. ABIGAIL, b. ; m. Samuel Parrish, son of Dea.
Samuel Parrish.
• 304. JONATHAN FISKE (James, James, Phinehas, Thomas, Robert, Si-
mon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Groton, Mass., Sept. 10, 1705; m. about 1731,
Mary , d. May 11, 1742; m. 2d, Mar. 5, 1744, Sarah Wheeler, of Concord,
d. May 11, 1762; m. 3d, May 18, 1763, Dorcas Fletcher, d. May 8, 1786. He was
of Concord, a saddler by trade. His will was approved Mar. 13, 1783. He gave
to his wife Dorcas all his estate in Reading and Pepperell, she to pay the debts,
etc. To son Samuel Fisk, of Warren, R. I., to dau. Mary Davis, of Portsmouth,
N. H.
The widow Dorcas, of Concord, made her will May 8, 1783; it was probated
May 28, 1787; gave to William Fletcher of Norridgewock, ]\Ie., my only son; to
Amos Fletcher son of William; to Dorcas Fletcher; to Dorcas Davis dau. of
Zachariah Davis of Mason N. H; to dau. Mary Bond wife of Henry Bond of
Royalston the remainder of the Estate to Henry Bond executor. He d. Feb.
22, 1783; res. Concord, Mass.
467. i. JONATHAN, b. Apr. 8, 1732.
468. ii. MARY, b. June 19, 1734; d. young.
469. iii. ELIZABETH, b. Feb. 14, 1735.
470. iv. MARV. b. Jan. 25, 1738; m. Zachariah Davis, of Portsmouth,
N. H.
471. V. SAMUEL, b. May 22, 1740; m. Judith Rowell.
472. vi. SARAH, b. June 18, 1746; m. Apr. 19, 1764, William Fletcher, of
Concord.
473. vii. PHINEHAS, b. Feb. 23, 1747; d. Mar. 12, 1747.
305. SAMUEL FISKE (Samuel, James, Phinehas, Thomas, Robert, Simon,
Simon, William, Symond), b. in Groton, Mass., Mar. 5, 1704; m. Jan. 12, 1726,
Elizabeth Parker; res. Groton, Mass.
474. i. ELIZABETH, b. Aug. 13, 1727; m. Mar. 3, 1746, Zachariah
Shattuck.
475. ii. SAMUEL, b. Oct. 12, 1729.
476. iii. ELEAZER, b. Nov. 23, 1731; m. Esther ; res. Dunstable,
N. H. He d. June 21, 1803, leaving a large family.
477. iv. SUSANNA, b. Sept. 29, 1734.
478. V. MARY, b. Oct. 4, 1736; m. Elliot.
479. vi. JOSIAH, b. Sept. 27, 1739; d. Aug. 2, 1742.
480. vii. SARAH, b. Nov. i, 1742.
308. THOMAS FISKE (Samuel, James, Phinehas, Thomas, Robert, Simon,
Simon, William, Symond), b. Groton, Mass., Feb. 21, 1712; m. in Groton, Mass.,
II, 1741, Mary Parker; b. Apr. 7, 1722; d. Mar. 30, 1791; dau. of John and
Mary (Bradstreet) Parker. He was born in Groton, Mass., and always resided
there. Pepperell was incorporated as a town in 1753, having been set ofif from
Groton. It is said Thomas' farm was in that part of old Groton which was in-
corporated in the new town. After his death his widow married Robert Blood,
by whom she had two children, Abigail, b. Nov. 23, 1758, d. Apr., 1855, and
Robert, b. Dec. 14, 1760.
Thomas Fisk of Pepperell adm'n granted to Mary Fisk of said town his widow
May 13 1754 Guardian app'd May 23 1760 over Thomas & Mary the children
when they were over 14 years of age. Division of the Real Estate made May 29
1768 when the widow was wife of a Blood Thomas the eldest son had two
thirds of the estate by paying out to his the other heirs viz his sister Mary dec'd
bro John brother Wainwright Fisk who then had a guardian and to the heirs of
his sister Sarah dec'd The house stood on the road leading from Townsend to
Pepperell Meetinghouse and by land of Rev Joseph Emerson Acc't of Mary
the adm'x given Jan. 3 1757 wherein she charges for "nursing the youngest child
that died" & for Lying in &c.
He d. in P. Apr. 23, 1754; res. Groton and Pepperell, Mass.
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481. i. MARY, b. Oct. 18, 1743. She d. unm. 1765. Middlesex Probate
Record, Vol. 29 p 157 Will dated May 3, 1765, proved Oct 29,
1765. Mary Fiske, of the district of Pepperell To Mary, wife
of Robert Blood "My kind & beloved mother," the whole of
estate, all, & both out of estate of my hon'd father Thomas
Fiske, late of Pepperell decs'd & also out of estate of my
grandmother Fiske deceas'd. (Eph'm Lawrence physician
Pepp. Ex'r.)
482. ii. THOMAS, b. Mar. 12, 1746; m. Sarah Shipley.
483. iii. JOHN, b. July 23, 1748; m. Anna Blood.
484. iv. WAINWRIGHT, b. Mar. 7, 1752; d. killed at the battle of Bun-
ker Hill June 17, 1775; was a member of Capt. Nutting's Co.
of Pepperell, in Col. Prescott's regiment.
485. v. SARAH, b. Apr. 27, 1750. She d. unm.
311. BENJAMIN FISKE (John, John, Phinehas, Th6mas, Robert, Simon,
Simon, William, Symond), b. 1683; bap. Milford, Conn., Mar., 1696; m. July 24,
1701, Abigail Bowen, of Rehoboth, dau. of Obadiah and Abigail (Bullock) Bowen
of Rehoboth. Two branches of Fiskes settled in Rhode Island as early as 1725,
respectively descended from Benj. and Samuel Fiske, who, according to tradition,
were brothers; they resided first in Rehoboth, but moved to Swanzey in 171 1.
After Benjamin's removal to Rhode 'Island he was justice of the peace at Scitu-
ate for years.
He d. Feb. 14, 1765; res. Rehoboth and Swanzey, Mass., and Scituate, R. L
MARY, b. Apr. 28, 1702; m. Pierce.
HEZEKIAH, b. June 11, 1704; m. and res. in
Scituate, R. I. He had a son Asa and prob. other ch.; he
died, Aug. 20, 1776.
BENJAMIN, b. Mar. 8, 1706; m. Susannah Briggs.
ELIZABETH, b. May 9, 1708; d. May i, 1731, in Scituate.
DANIEL, b. Dec. 16, 1709; m. Freelove Williams.
JOHN, b. Jan. 11, 1713; m. Elizabeth Williams.
FREELOVE, b. Mar. 29, 1716; m. Joseph Fiske.
JOB, b. 1711; m. Mary Whitman.
NOAH, b. 1722; m. .
ABIGAIL, b. ; m. Kimball.
312. EBENEZER FISKE (John, John, Phinehas, Thomas, Robert, Simon,
Simon, William, Symond), b. Wenham, Mass., in 1689; m. at Milford, Conn., in
1719, Mehitable ; b. 1694; d. at New Milford Feb. 11, 1737; m. 2d, Nov. 11,
1741, Rebecca Trowbridge. Ebenezer Fiske, second son of Dr. John Fiske, of Mil-
ford, and executor of his will, was born in Wenham, settled in Milford upon the
paternal estate, where were born to him a family; but died at the residence of his
son, Ebenezer, in New Milford, same state.
May 21, 1709, John Fisk of Milford deed to his son Ebenezar Fisk one half
right in certain lands in New Milford. After May 19, 1737, Ebenezar Fisk is re-
corded of New Milford.
We find the following under the heading of "Sketches of Prominent Men"
in the history of New Milford: "Ebenezer Fisk, Sen., came from Milford in 1737,
and settled on Second hill, or on the west side of Town hill. His father, Doct.
John Fisk of Milford, bought a Right of land in New Milford, in 1709, and gave
half of it to his son Ebenezer, the same year, but the latter did not settle here
until 1737. Ebenezer, Sen., had a son Ebenezer Jr. who married and had a son
Ichabod, born in 1747, and apparently removed from the town not many years
after.
Inscriptions from stones in Cemetery: "Here lies the body of Mr. Ebenezer
Fisk. He died Oct. 4, 1747, in the 59th year of his age." "Here lies the body of
Mrs. Mehetabell Fisk, wife of Mr. Ebenezer Fisk, dec'd Feb. 11, 1737, in the 44th
year of her age."
He d. Oct. 4, 1747; res. Milford and New Milford, Conn.
496. ii. EBENEZER. b. Dec. 13, 1719; m. Sarah Hart and Sarah Newel.
497. i. MEHITABLE, bap. Aug. 10, 1718; m. Mar. i, 1737, Richard
Piatt, Jr., of Milford. She d. Apr. 8, 1775.
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498. iii. HANNAH, b. Dec. 27, 1723; m. Oct. 22, 1741, Benijah Bostwick.
In settlement of estate of ist Ebenezar, records show Eben-
ezar (2d or Capt so called) bought out the interest of above
two sisters at New Milford. Eb. ist bot property in N. M.
1st in 1709, many deeds recorded there before his removal
there, subsequently.
499. iv. ANN, b. May 23, 1725; ni. Mar. 28, 1748, Samuel Bostwick (son
of Major John Bostwick); was born at New Milford, Conn.,
Aug. 3, 1823. He married Anna Fiske, daughter of Ebenezer
Fiske, ]\Iarch 28, 1748. S. B. died Sep. 23, 1789, and his wife
Sep. 21, 1783. Their children were: Elisha, b. Dec. 17, 1784;
Jared, b. Aug. 9, 1751; Samuel, Jr., b. Jan. 19, 1755. Elisha
Bostwick was prominent in his town, holding such local offices
as justice of the peace, town clerk, etc. The latter office he
held for fifty-five years, resigning in his eighty-fourth year.
He was in the Revolutionary war, serving as a lieutenant in the
same regiment as Nathan Hale; was Lieut. Colonel of militia
1793, 3nd Representative to the Assembly for fourteen terms.
He died Dec. 11, 1834. He married May 14, 1786, Miss Betty
Ferriss. She died July 13, 1834. Their children were: Jared, b.
May 24, 1787; Betsey Ann, b. July 11, 1792; Samuel Randolph,
b. 1799. Jared second son of Sam'l B.>was a graduate of Yale,
but died soon after. Samuel Bostwick Jr. (third son of Sam'l
B. Sr.) married Polypheme Ruggles May 14, 1786. He was a
graduate of Yale and attorney at law. Member of State As-
sembly one term. Ch.: Ann Fiske Bostwick, m. Jos. A. Bost-
wick; Hannah Lorain Bostwick, m. Hon. S. Sherwood, of
Delhi, N. Y., 1814, a son is Samuel Sherwood, of 80 Washing-
ton Square, N. Y. city.
500. v. BENJAMIN, b. Jan., 1730; d. Feb. 5, 1730.
313. CAPT. JOHN FISKE (John, John, Phinehas, Thomas. Robert, Simon,
Simon, William, Symond), b. Wenham, Mass., 1693; m. in Haddam, Conn., May
10, 1716, Hannah ; d. Dec. 17, 1723; m. 2d, in Haddam, Oct. 2, 1724, Sarah
. John Fiske, third son of Dr. John Fiske, was born in \\'^enham in 1693;
settled in Haddam. He was captain in 1735; representative from Haddam in 1742;
moved from Milford to Haddam before 171S, and thence to Middletown before
1749. He had two wives. Among his sons was Benjamin, who was a graduate
of Yale College, 1747. A citizen of high respectability in Haddam, he was styled
Capt. John Fiske. His children were all born in Haddam, Conn., but his residence
at the time of his decease was that part of Middletown now known as Portland;
here his son Benjamin was born. At the time of the proving of his will he was
styled Captain, and in the inventory of his estate may be found mentioned his
sword. We also find in the inventory a negro slave, appraised at £35. His
wardrobe, included a wig which indicated respectability. He d. in 1761; res. Had-
dam and Portland, Conn.
JOHN. b. June 3, 1718; m. Ann Tyler.
PHINEHAS, b. Nov. 12, 1734; said to have d. young.
BENJAMIN, b. Haddam, Conn., Dec. 17, 1723; m. .
HANAH, b. Nov. 30, 1719.
MARTHA, b. Feb. 4, 1721.
SARAH, b. May 9, 1727.
One dau. m. Rev. Goodrich, of Chatham, Conn. : another dau. m. Thomas
Kilborn, of East Hartford, Conn., and the other m. Phinehas White, of Middle-
town, Conn.
,314. REV. PHINEHAS FISKE (John, John, Phinehas, Thomas, Robert, Si-
mon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Wenham, Mass., Dec. 2, 1682; m. in Saybrook,
Conn., July 27, 1710, Lydia Pratt, dau. of John of Essex. Phineas, eldest son of
Dr. John Fiske (born in Wenham, in 1682), graduated at Yale College in 1704,
was a tutor there, and for some years acting president, before the institution was
removed from Saybrook, in which position he acquired a high reputation as an
instructor, and also rendered great service to the churches of the colony, by thor-
oughly fitting numbers of young men for the Gospel ministry. He received his
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ordination at Haddam, Conn., in 1714, where he became the colleague and suc-
cessor of Rev. Jer. Hobart, and died there, after a very successful pastorate of
twenty-four years. Rev. Dr. D. D. Field, in his biographies of the early Connecti-
cut clergy, speaks of him in high praise. "He was a man of piety and wisdom,
sound in the faith, pleasant in intercourse, plain in reproof. His talents were
solid, rather than brilliant; his sermons better calculated to inform the understand-
ing than to remove the passions. A man of scientific attainments, of good literary
abilities, and of true Christian deportment, his name was long remembered with
sincere respects, in Haddam." Rev. Phinehas Fiske was married in Saybrook, and
had three daughters who married clergymen. He d. Oct. 14, 1738; res. Haddam,
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507. i. ABIGAIL, b. Aug. 14, 1718; m. ist, Rev. Chilab Brainard.
William Brainard, son of Deacon Daniel and Mrs. Hannah
(Spencer) Brainard, was born in 1674. Settled on Haddam
Neck. Father of Rev. Chilab Brainard, first ordained Minister
of Eastbury Parish in Glastonbury, Conn. He married Abigail
Fiske, daughter of Rev. Phineas Fiske, second minister of
Haddam, Conn. Rev. Chilab Brainard died Jan. i, 1739. After
his death she was married to Rev. Noah Merrick, minister of
Wilbraham, Mass., one of the ancestors of Hon. George Mer-
rick, of Glastonbury, Conn. She died in 1807, aged 89 years.
508. ii. LYDIA, b. ; m. Rev. Moses Bartlett, of Chatham, Conn.
509. iii. ELIZABETH, b. June 10, 1720; m. Rev. Nehemiah Brainard,
of Eastbury.
510. iv. SAMUEL, b. Oct. 9, 1724. He was graduated at Yale in 1743.
was subsequently a tutor there, and a licentiate, but was never
ordained, being suddenly cut off by death, in his 26th year July
13. 1749-
511. V. ANNE, b. July 17, 1716; d. Feb. 6, 1731.
512. vi. JEMIMA, b. Oct. 25, 1722; d. Nov. 25, 1724.
513- vii. MARY, b. ; m. Col. Hezekiah Brainard, of Haddam, Conn.
He was a member of Congress from Connecticut.
321. GEN. JOHN FISKE (Samuel. Moses, John, John, William, Robert,
Simon, Simon, William. Symond), b. Salem, Mass., May 6, 1744 (memorial ser-
mon says Apr. 10, 1744); ni. there June 12, 1766. Lydia. dau. of Deacon Phippen;
d. Oct. 13, 1782; m. 2d.. Feb. 11, 1783, Mrs. Martha Hibbert, dau. of Col. John
Lee of Manchester: d. Nov. 30, 1785; m. 3d., June 18, 1786. Mrs. Sarah Gerry of
Marblehead, dau. of I\Iajor John and Elizabeth (Quincy) Wendell of Boston and
wid. of John Gerry of IMarblehead. She d. Feb 12, 1804. Sarah Wendell was first
married to John Gerry, who died in 1785 ae. 45. Her father, John Wendell, was son
of John and Elizabeth (Staats) Wendell and grandson of Evart Jansen and
Wendell, who came from Embden, Prussia in 1645 and settled in Albany. Sarah's
mother, Elizabeth Quincy, was daughter of Hon. Edmund and Dorothy (Flint)
Quincy of Braintree, who died in London in 1737: and granddaughter of Col. Ed-
mund and Elizabeth Gookin (Elliot) Quincy. Her daughter Sarah Gerry m. in 1785
Azor Orne, b. Mar. i, 1762: d. Apr. 17. 1795- She d. Nov. ir. 1846. He was son
of Col. Azor Orne of Marblehead. She was gr. dau. of Thomas and Elizabeth
Gerry, who was father of Hon. Elbridge Gerry, at one time vice president of
the United States. Gen. John Fiske was born in Salem, April loth, 1744; was son
of the Rev. Samuel Fiske, who was ord. at Salem. 8 Oct. 1718, when his was the
only Church within the limits of the town. He died April 7th, 1770, ae. 81. The
venerable Nathan Bucknam of Medway, who died Feb., 1795, ae. 92, was uncle
to Gen. Fiske, whom he baptized at Salem, 6 JMay (1744). Gen Fiske "early en-
gaged in the business of the Sea." In 1775 he was a master mariner and became
captain of the "Tyrannicide," the first war-vessel commissioned by the state of
Massachusetts, 8 July, 1776. He made many successful cruises in her, and was
engaged in several sanguinary combats. On 10 Dec, 1777 he took command
of the state ship "Massachusetts," a larger and a better vessel. After the Rev. war
he engaged in commercial pursuits and acquired property. At the commence-
ment of the American Revolution, his knowledge of the sea and personal in-
trepidity brought him into notice, and he was commissioned the first commander
of a vessel of war by the government. At the close of the war, upon the reor-
ganization of the State militia, he was commissioned a Colonel, then a Brigadier,
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and finally, in 1792, a Major General, which position he held until his death, in
September, 1797.
He was a man of princely hospitality, of enterprising spirit, and benevolent
impulses. ' He took a great interest in the various religious and charitable move-
ments of his day, and contributed freely to their support.
There are more transfers of property on the Salem records of deeds from Gen.
John Fiske than any other one of this name, and in ten volumes of the records he
is about the only Fiske mentioned. He was a very large property owner and
was continually buying and selling real estate. I give these few transfers to show
something of his purchases:
John Fisk of Salem Gent, bought of David Ropes Jr of Salem Inholder 43^4
poles of land & buildings thereon on the back st leading to the Training field in
Salem bounded by Geo William, Thomas Pointon &c jMay 4 1778 John Fisk of
Salem Esq bought of Sarah Lemmon widow of Salem Ferry Lane Salem 8 poles
square bounded by heirs of David Northey on her other land & easterly on
Skerrys lane so called Jan. 15 1779.
John Fisk of Salem Merchant bought of David Ropes of Salem yeoman &
wife Priscilla a pew in the East parish meetinghouse Salem where Rev James Di-
mon officiated then Dec 7 1782 this being one that formerly was Thomas Frye's &
mortgaged to Jona Glover.
John Fisk of Salem Merchant bought of John Prince of Halifax Co of Halifax
Nova Scotia Merchant Lot No 8 Union Wharf Salem with store & wharf on said
lot bounded &c June 7 1785 He also bought of Eben'r Phippen of Salem cabinet
maker 12 3-10 poles of land with building, on Loder lane 2 poles 16 links &c July
9 1785 He bought of wid Sarah Lemmon of Salem on southerly side of his other
land & bounded by Skerry's lane Mar 10 1786. He bought of Sarah Kimball of
Salem widow 7^/4. poles southerly on said Fisk's land 64 feet easterly on Sam'l
Carleton Sept i, 1785 He bought of Tim. Fitch of Boston & wife Eunice ij^
share in Long Wharf or Union Wharfes Salem with buildings thereon which estate
was assigned to the aforenamed Eunice in the division of the estate of Mary
Sherburne late of Bo.ston dec'd — Oct 28, 1786 John Fisk of Salem & wife Martha
sold to their kinswomen Fanny Glover Hannah Hibbert & Betty Johnson one
third part of 2-3 of Dwellinghouse with land adjoining situate in the town of Man-
chester &c &c witnessed by Mary Orne & Anna Fisk Oct. 5 1785.
John Fisk Esq. of Salem [son of Rev Sam'l of Salem] Merchant Adm'n of
his Estate was granted to Mrs Sarah Fisk his widow Nov 9 1779. and after her de-
cease adm'n De Bonis Non was granted to John Watson Apr 16 1804 Inv. of his
Estate was taken Nov 28 1790 and an additional one taken May 3 1804 whole amt
about $65,000.00. Widows thirds set off May 6, 1799. Division ot the Estate made
among the children Apr. 27, 1800, at that time 3 children were living viz: Nancy
wife of Edward Allen, Eliz'th wife of Eben Putnam & John Fisk. John the son
died previous to Aug 2, 1800, when Benj Pickman. Esq. his guardian app'd Nov.
9, 1797 when he was over 17 years of age received a receipt from Edward Allen
& Eben'r Putnam who married his sisters of his Estate received by them. Accts.
of the Adm'x & of the Adm'r (De Bonis Non) June 25, 1799.
Mrs. Sarah, [widow of] John Fisk of Salem made her will Jan 18, 1804 which
was proved Apr 16, 1804, by Hannah Batchelder Henry Osborn & Tabitha
Glover. Legatees Sister Dorothy Skinner & Catherine Davis each had $100, and
the use of a part of her homestead during their lives Grandaughter Sally Wendal
Orne, Grandsons, John Orne, Gerry Orne Henry Orne. Mrs. Anna Allen wife of
Capt Edward Allen of Salem ]\Irs Eliz'th Putnam wife of Eben'r Putnam, Widow
Sarah Stevens, Humane Charitable Society of Salem. Daughter Sarah Orne
widow & John Watson gentleman of Salem.
A Funeral Discourse was delivered in the East Meeting house, Salem, on
the Sunday after the death of Major General Fiske, who died Sept. 28. 1797, ae.
53. By William Bentley. A. M. Pastor of the Second Congregational Church in
Salem. Boston: 1797." 8vo. pp. 37.
He died of apoplexy Sept. 28, 1797; res. Salem, IMass.
514. i. ANNA, b. 1770; m. Capt. Edward Allen of Salem. Mass.
515. ii. ELIZABETH, b. July 19, 1778; m. Nov. 13, 1796, Ebenezer Put-
nam, M. A. ^^mong the Graduates of Harvard originating
from Salem was Ebenezer Putnam, son of Dr. Ebenezer Put-
nam (H. U. 1739): he lived, for the most part, without pro-
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fession, in Salem; m. (i & 2) Sally and Elizabeth, daughters of
Gen. John Fiske. He d. Feb. 25, 1826. Ebenezer, b. Sept. 6,
1797. Harriet, b. and d. May, 1799. John Fiske, b. May 25, 1800.
CharlesFiske, b. Oct. 19, 1802. George, b. Jan. 10, 1804; d. unm.
Dec. 4, i860. He was a well known druggist in Salem, and a
great lover of flowers and fruits which he cultivated with great
success. Edward, b. Jan. 23, 1806. Francis, b. Jan. 3, 1808. ■
516. iii. JOHN, b. 1779; d. young.
517. iv. SALLY, b. June 30, 1772; m. May 22, 1791, Ebenezer Putnam, M.»
A. Sally died Jan. 7, 1795; Elizabeth d. Mar. 1808. Ch. :
Ebenezer, b. Aug. 27, 1792; d. July 5, 1796. Harriet, b. Feb. 5,
1794; d. Nov. 22, 1794.
SI7H.V. LYDIA, b. 1768.
5i254-vi. MARY, b. 1774.
For ages of his children see appointment of his guardian of his children, July
II, 1783.
324. WILLL\M FISKE (William, William, John, William, Robert, Simon,
Simon, William, Symond), b. Wenham, Mass., 1695; m. in Nov., 1723, Mary
Kinney, of Salem, who d. Mar. 15, 1725; m. 2d, May 22, 1729, Mrs. Sarah (Buck,
town records say Sarah Fish (not Fisk) of Woburn.
William Fiske of Andover carpenter bought of Saml Smith of Andover
2 acres of meadow in andover eastwardly of said Smith house mar 4 1719-20.
William Fisk of Andover had then, viz., Jan. 22, 1732, for his wife Sarah, who
had been the wife of an Ebenezer Fish (not Fisk), who had remained a widow
three years before she married this Wm. Fiske. In Jan., 1732, Ebenezer Fish,
her son by her former husband, chose his father-in-law (as he called him), Wm.
Fiske. to be his guardian, at which time he is in his fifteenth year of age. His
guardian in 1742 was Ephraim Buck. Res. Andover, ^Nlass.
MARY, b. Sept. 19, 1724; d. Jan. 26, 1726.
WILLIAM, b. Apr. i, 1731.
ASA. b. Feb. 28, 1739; d. Mar. 23, 1739.
:MARY, b. Apr. 28, 1730.
RACHEL, b. Dec. 7, 1733.
SON, b. Jan. 9, 1736.
Z26. EBENEZER FISKE (William. William, William, John, William, Rob-
ert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Wenham, Mass., 1703; m. Jan., 1730,
Susanna Buck, of Woburn. She d. in Tewksbury, ]May 28, 1754. Ebenezer Fiske,
of Andover, County of Essex, was appointed guardian of Benjamin in his seventh
year and Jonathan in his fifteenth year, children of Ebenezer, of Reading, Mar.
20, 1737.
May 29, 1738, an additional account was filed of Sarah Fiske, widow of Eben-
ezer Fiske. late of Reading, and administratrix on the estate. William Fiske,
husband of the said administratrix, who made the payments and performed the
services, presents the foregoing and made oath, etc. Res. Andover, Mass., and
Tewksbury, Mass.
523. i. EBENEZER, b. 1730; Elizabeth Richardson.
524. ii. EPHRAIM, b. ; m. Mehitable Frost.
525. iii. BENJAMIN, b. . Date of his birth torn ofif of old An-
dover record book.
526. iv. JONATHAN, b. . Date of his birth torn ofif of old An-
dover record book.
526J4.V. CHILD, b. Apr. 14, 1731: d. same day.
526^.vi. DAUGHTER, b. May, 1741; d. same day.
334- JOSIAH FISK (Samuel, William, William, John, William, Robert,
Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. July 7, 1702; m., Rehoboth, June 20, 1723,
Sarah Bishop, both of Rehoboth. He died intestate, and his son John was
appointed administrator as per records in the Cumberland town clerk's office at
Valley Falls, R. I. Josiah Fiske removed to Rehoboth, where he remained a
few years, and "then removed to Cumberland, R. I., and purchased a farm and
remained there until his death. His son John inherited the homestead. He d.
Jan. 27, 1773; res. Rehoboth, Mass., and Cumberland, R. I.
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SAMUEL, b. Rehoboth Mar. 23, 1727.
JOHN, b. Cumberland Feb. 20, 1729; m. Alary Bartlett.
RACHEL, b. July i, 1730; m. in Cumberland Aug. 20, 1749, Be-
noni Studley; res. Cumberland.
JOYCE (dau.), b. Feb. 24, 1732.
SARAH, b. Sept. 5, 1733.
JONATHAN, b. Aug. 13, 1739; m. Hannah .
MARTHA, b. May 10, 1741.
MARY, b. Apr. 12, 1743.
341. MARK FISKE (Joseph, William, William, John, William, Robert,
Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Ipswich, Mass., Nov. 20, 1716; m. Sept. 5,
1738, Lydia Smith. He was executor of his father's will. She owned the cove-
nant in 1749, and d. Sept. 21, 1761; m. 2d, Mar. 12, 1762, Mrs. Eleanor Abbott. She
d. Apr., 1766. Res. Ipswich, Mass., and Wells and Kennebunk, Me.
LYDIA, b. Dec. 23, 1739; d. Sept. 27, 1759.
JOSEPH, b. Jan. 31, 1741; m. Eleanor Abbott and Margaret
Hobbs.
MARK, b. Feb. 12, 1743; n. f. k.
JOHN, b. Mar. 30, 1746; d. young.
SUSANNA, b. Apr. 10, 1748.
JOHN, b. 1755; m. Wakefield and Comfort Stover.
ABNER, bap. Jan. 26, 1755. He served in the Revolutionary
Army from Massachusetts as private, and later as sergeant.
He was pensioned Mar. 4, 1834, when he was 78 years of age,
and at that time resided in York County, Maine.
ELIZABETH, bap. Mar. 25, 1750; m. Oct. i, 1772, John Abbott.
SARAH, bap. Apr. 5, 1752.
RUTH, bap. Mar. 27, 1757; d. Mar. 17, 1759.
350. THEOPHILUS FISKE (Theoph'ilus. William, William, John, William,
Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Ipswich, Mass., May 31, 1709; m.
Jan. II, 1737, Jemima Goldsmith, b. 1715; d. Jan. 23, 1784. She was admitted to
full communion with the church in Wenham in Aug., 1737. She died in Tops-
field. Their first two children were born in Wenham, but in 1742 and 1750 when he
purchased lands of his father, his residence was in the northern part of Salem,
now Danvers. He was there as late as 1765, and in 1771 was in Topsfield, a short
distance from the borders of Danvers and Wenham, where he was when he made
his will, Nov. 4, 1775, which was proved Mar. 5, 1781, the day after an inventory
of his estate was taken. The real estate consisted of homestead ninetj' acres, land
in Boxford eight and one-half acres, and salt marsh in Ipswich four acres. Whole
amount of inventory £1.058 4s. 4d., $1,481 of old Continental money, valued
£5 i8s. 5d., and a four dollar bill, new money valued at 12s. lod.
Theophilus Fisk of Topsfield yeoman made his will Nov 4, 1775, which was
proved Mar 5, 1781. Inv. of the Estate w^as taken Mar 4 1781 90 acres land
in the homestead, 8^ acres wood land in Boxford 4 acres Salt Marsh in Ipswich.
Old Continental Money $1481.00 — £5.-18-5 whole amt. of Inv. £1085-4-4 Jemima
Fisk the wid. gives a receipt to son Saml the Executor Apr 2, 1781 that she had
reed the household furniture willed by her husband. Legatees — wife Jemima.
Daughter Tabitha & Jemima unmarried Son Nath'l & Son Benjamin, the deceased
had a daughter Sarah Fisk under 21 years Son Samuel to have the residue
& be Executor of the will.
He d. Mar., 1781: res. Ipswich, Mass.
543. i. BENJAMIN, b. Oct. 30, 1738; m. Sarah Towne.
544. ii. NATHANIEL, b. Mar. i. 1740; m. Lydia Gould.
545. iii. SAMUEL, b. 1748; m. Sarah Perkins.
546. iv. JEMIMA, b. 1749; admitted to the church July 2, 1786; d. unm.,
Mar. 2, 179;.
547. V. SARAH, b. .
548. vi. TABITHA. b. 1744: was admitted to the Topsfield church, July
3. 1785; d. unm., Oct. 22. 1823.
35J. THOMAS FISKE (Theophilus, William, William, John, William, Rob-
ert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), bap. Ipswich, Mass., Aug. 24, 1707; m.
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-; m. 2d, . He received his share of his father's estate
prior to his death, by deed, Apr. 2, 1757, half of the homestead and the westerly
half of the house. He d. s. p.; res. Ipswich, Mass.
357. EBENEZER FISK (Ebenezer, William, William, John, William, Rob-
ert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. in Wenham, Mass., July 2, 1716; m. in
Upton, Jan. 28, 1739, Dorcas Tyler, an aunt of President John Tyler.
The original Indian name of the territory, embraced in the town of Shelburne,
was "Quabbin." On the 30th of June, 1732, the General Court granted seven
townships of land, si.x miles square each, to the descendants of the soldiers \yho
destroyed the Narraganset^fort, on the 19th of Dec, 1675. The number of soldiers
was 840. This gave a township of six miles square to each 120 soldiers. These
townships were granted on condition that each township should settle at least
60 families on its territory within seven years after the grant, settle a learned
Orthodox minister, and lay out a lot of land for him and one for the school.
If these conditions were not complied with the grant was to be void. On the 6th
of June, 1733, the proprietors met on Boston Common, at 2 o'clock in the after-
noon, when they voted that the grantees should be divided into seven societies,
one township to be given to each society. Narraganset township No. 4 was first
laid out in New Hampshire, but the committee reported that it was not fit for a
settlement. Accordingly, on the I4,th of Jan., 1737, the General Court granted
to the proprietors of No. 4 the territory of Quabbin in exchange for the New
Hampshire township. After surveying Quabbin, it was found to contain consid-
erably less than six miles square. So the Court granted a tract of land lying west
of, and adjoining to, Hatfield, sufiticient to make up the full amount of territory
to which the grantees were entitled. This tract is now embraced within the
boundaries of Chesterfield. The territory of Shelburne was originally included in
Deerfield, and was at first called "The Deerfield Pasture," and afterward "Deerfield
North West." It l^egan to be settled not far from 1756. The first two settlements
were made near Shelburne Falls, by families from Deerfield. The early settlers
were soon obliged to retire, on account of the French and Indian war. The first
permanent settlements are supposed to have been made about 1760. Among the
first settlers was Ebenezer Fisk. The town was incorporated June 21, 1768, and
was named after Lord Shelburne of England, who, according to the usual tradi-
tion, gave the town a bell which, as usual, was lost after it had arrived at Boston.
The first town meeting was held Oct. 31, 1768, at the house of Daniel Nims. Capt.
John Wells, from Deerfield, was the first town clerk; Ebenezer Fiske, constable.
Among the descendants of Ebenezer and Dorcas were seven who entered the
Christian ministry, inclusive of Rev. Pliny Fiske, of the Syrian mission. Rev.
Dr. Ezra Fiske, of Goshen, N. Y., and Rev. Dr. D. T. Fiske, of Newburyport,
Mass.
A valuable cane, supposed to have been brought from England and willed by
the Deacon to his second son, has been inherited by a male in this family in every
generation since, the last possessor being Ebenezer Fiske of Adrian, Mich. Eben-
ezer and Dorcas resided in Upton, later moving to Grafton, thence to Hardwick,
and finally locating in Shelburne, where he died.
He d. 1804; res. in Grafton, Hardwick and Shelburne, Mass.
JOHN, b. Sept. 27, 1757, in Grafton; m. Anna Leland.
SIMEON, b. July 15, 1762, in Hardwick; m. Dinah Whitcomb.
DORCAS, b. Oct. 17, 1740.
ELIZABETH, b. Jan. 28, 1743.
JON.A.THAN, b. Sept. 17, 1746; m. Hannah Rice.
EBENEZER, b. Sept. 9, 1749; m. Sarah Barnard.
LEVI, b. Dec. 16, 1751. He served through the Revolutionary
War. He d. s. p.
556. viii. ABIGAIL, b. Oct. 7, 1755: m. Samuel Barnard, of Shelburne,
Mass., Nov. 26, 1782, and removed to Waitsfield, Vt., in 1793.
Their son Ebenezer was born Nov. 30, 1783, and married to
Experience Barnard, of Deerfield, Mass., Jan. 19, 1808. He d.
Feb. 21, 1862. Joanna, their daughter, was b. Oct. 12, 1810,
married to Anson Fisk Nov. 24, 1835 (see).
557- ix. MOSES, b. Sept. 13. 1764: m. Hannah Batchelor.
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359. JACOB FISKE (Ebenezer, William, William, John. William, Robert,
Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Wenham, Mass., Dec. 26, 1721; m. (Int),
Nov. 5, 1743, Elizabeth Lampson, of Ipswich; res Wenham and Hardwick, Mass.
558. i. ELIZABETH, b. Mar. 4, 1745; m. Nov. 12, 1761, David Allen, b.
Aug. 18. 1738; d Aug. 5, 1799. He was Selectman and As-
sessor, Hardwick. She d. Oct. 22, 1791; m. 2d, Jan. 22, 1794,
Lydia Woods. One of his children by his first wife was
David Allen, b. May 12, 1771; d. Jan. 20, 1835, Hardwick; m.
Apr. 27, 1794, Ruth, dau. of Job and Mercy (Hinckley) Dexter
b. INIar. 20, 1773; d. Mar. 26, 1847. Two of their children were
Clarissa Allen, b. Oct. 7, 1796; d. Mar., 1852. She m. Amaziah
Spooner. Willard Allen, b. Feb. 8, 1801; d. Sept. 24, 1852.
He m. Mercy P. Ruggles. Another was Lydia, who m. David
Fisk.
JONATHAN, b. May 17, 1747, in Wenham; d. May 22, 1747.
ABIGAIL, b. Aug. 17, 1750.
SARAH, b. Dec. 28, 1752.
DAU., b. Sept. 24, 1758.
361. WILLIAM FISKE (Ebenezer. William. William. John, William, Rob-
ert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Wenham, Mass., Nov. 30, i-'2D: ■
25, 1749, Susannah Batchelder, of Wenham. blie m. 2d, Benjamin Davis. She
was b. 1731; d. 1810.
Joseph Bachelder, the first representative from Wenham (1644), emigrated in
1638, in company with his brothers, Henry and Joshua, who went to Ipswich, and
John, who settled with him at Salem. Joseph soon after removed to Wen-
ham, and, according to Dr. Allen, his descendants continue there to this day.
Among his children (probably) were Joseph, Mark, David, John and Ebenezer.
Ebenezer was constable in 1714, and Mark was one of the five drafted in King
Philip's war and perished in the fierce assault upon the fort of the Narragansetts,
1675. David Bachelder, a grandson of Joseph, Sen., by wife Susanna, had sons
David, Joseph, Amos, Nehemiah and Abraham, and daughters Alary and Susanna.
The latter married William Fiske, Sen., of Amherst. Her brothers Joseph, Amos,
and cousins Israel, Josiah and Ebenezer, were Revolutionary soldiers. The name
on the records is frequently spelled Batcheller and Bachelor.
David Batchelder made his will Aug. 25, 1759. which was proved Mar. 11,
1766. Wife Susannah to have the Easterly end ot the house &c, son David, son
Joseph, son Nehemiah — son Abraham — Daughter ]\Iary to have ten shillings &c —
Daughter Susannah to have ten shillings to be paid at the end of one year after
my decease also my largest Brass Kettle — son Amos to have the whole estate
excepting the above legacy, to be executor.
Wm resided in Wenham, Mass., and in 1774 removed to Amherst, N. H.,
where they settled on a tract of land on the south side erf Walnut Hill. He was
the executor of his father's will. He was the founder of the Amherst, N. H.,
branch. He resided at the ancient homestead in Wenham, where probably his
father, himself and his own children were all born, after the decease or removal
of his parents and immediate relatives. Of himself personally, little is known,
except that in his character and principles he was a stanch Puritan. His father
and grandfather were successively deacons in the original Wenham church for
upwards of seventy years; the same ancient church of which Rev. John Fiske
himself was the original pastor. More remotely still the family had been identified
with that great reformatory struggle in England, from which were fathered the
rich fruits for a purer faith and constitutional liberty.
Having been appointed sole executor of his will and principal heir by Deacon
Ebenezer Fiske, William Fiske remained in Wenham long enough to settle the
estate and dispose of the homestead and various tracts of land, when (in 1773 or 4)
he removed to Amherst, N. H., with his wife Susanna, nine children and two
daughters-in-law, Mary Bragg, the wife of their son Jonathan and Eunice Nourse,
wife of their son William. The father. William, Sen., purchased a tract of land in
Amherst. The situation was cozy, well sheltered and watered, but the country
then was mostly a wilderness and the land rough, rocky and heavily timbered,
requiring immense labor and sturdy courage to clear it. off. The fatigue and ex-
posure incidental to establishing the new home under such straitened cir-
cumstances, doubtless bore hard on all the members of the family, and must have
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contributed directly to the father's death, as he lived but a few years after. But
they were glad to get away from the disturbances then thickening along the sea-
board, and in hopes that the distance from the seat of impending (British) war,
would in a measure secure them from its horrors that are attended with every war,
its privations and hardships.
Mr. Fiske lived to see his country proclaimed free and independent and his
family settled in comparative comfort, and died in 1777, in the 82d year of his age.
His widow Susanna was appointed administratrix of his estate June ID, 1777.
His widow, surviving many years, married again and died about 1810 at quite an
advanced age. Of their sons and daughters all except Anne married, and she
and two others excepted William and David remained in Amherst, and settled
elsewhere. Some of them raised large families and all more or less prospered in
circumstances and the good esteem of their fellow-citizens. Of them all it is
believed that it may be truly said that their lives were blameless and their end calm
and full of peace.
He d. in June, 1777; res. Wenham, Mass., and Amherst, N. H.
JONATHAN, b. May i, 1751; m. Mrs. Mary Bragg.
ELIZABETH, b. June 27, 1753; m. Oliver Roby, of Merrimack,
N. H. She d. s. p.
WILLIAM, b. Apr. 20, 1755; m. Eunice Nourse and Hannah
Walker.
DAVID, b. June 25, 1757; m. Edith Tay.
MARY, b. Oct. 21, 1759; m. Nov. 10, 1785, Dr. Samuel Lolley, a
physician of Francistown, N. H. She d. in the prime of life,
leaving ch.: i Paulina, m. Samuel Stevens; he d. 1851; she d.
Jan., 1862. 2 Minerva, m. Charles Wells, of Francistown.
EBENEZER, b. Feb. 11, 1762; m. Abigail Woodbury.
JOHN, b. Apr. 11, 1764; m. Miss Varnum, of Mt. Vernon, N. H.
, He was a blacksmith; res. Mt. Vernon, Williamstown and Ber-
lin, Vt. He d. s. p.
570. viii. SUSANNAH, b. Oct. 2, 1766; m. William Bennett, of Lunen-
burgh, Mass.: res. near Babboosack Pond, Merrimack, N. H.,
and Washington, wl ere he die I leav'ng: i William, 2 Thomas,
3 Oliver, 4 John, 5 Susan, 6 Eliza. She moved to Gennesee
Co., N. Y., and to Western Reserve, Ohio.
571. ix. ANNE, b. Aug. 22, 1771; d. unm. in Amherst.
Zd-]. SAMUEL FISKE (Samuel. Samuel, William, John, William, Robert,
Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Boxford, Mass., 1716; m. Feb. i, 1738, pub.
Dec. II, 1737, Judith Noyes, of Newbury.
During the French and Indian conflict we find the names of some of the
Boxford men who wore in the service. They were in the company of Capt. Joseph
Frye, of Andover, doing service at Scarborough. The time of service of Samuel
Fiske was from April 27, 1748, to May i. 1749. His wife was sick while he was
serving as soldier in the French and Indian war. Mrs. Fiske had probably gone
to the fort to help take care of the sick, and fell a victim to the disorder. The
winter was close upon them, and considerable snow having already fallen, the
soldiers proceeded to Ticonderoga, where they encamped over night and hurried
on their homeward way next morning. They marched in as direct a line as pos-
sible, through Vermont and New Hampshire, and reached home just before the
first of December.
Samuel Fisk of Boxford yeoman & wife Judith sold to Jona. Bixby of same
town yeoman 70 acres in Boxford with house & barn thereon near the house of
said Sam'l Fisk bounded "Beginning at a stake & stones by ye Fishing brook
running southerly to .1 stake & stones near yc house of s'd Samuel Fisk then turn-
ing Westerly about a rod & half to another stake & stones then running southerly
to a stake & stones near ye edge of ye plain by ye Hills, then running a little more
Westerly to a stake & stones near ye stripet then running N. Westerly to a
little Walnut tree market with stones about it then running S. Westerly over ye
stripet to a stake & stones =^ * more westerly * * near ye upper corner of
Redington's meadow which line from ye Fishing brook to Redington's meadow is
a parting line between s'd Sam'l Fisk <k John Fisks land so on to ye meadow then
running &c &c by John Stiles John Emerson so on to Andover line southerly by
Mary Stickney stiles again * * & on s'd Fishing brook to bounds first men-
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tion also 2 acres in Reddingtons meadow bounded bj- Elias Smith John Fisk &
John Stiles May 23 1746 & ack'd July 14, 1747.
Samuel Fisk of Boxiord hus'man bought of Jona. Bixby of Boxford yeoman
several parcels in Boxford Viz: 21 acres with a house & part of a barn bounded
beginning at a stake & stones near the fishing brook by land of John Fisk running
Northerly to an Elm tree standing on the edge of said brook then running south-
easterly 22 poles & 2 foot to a stake & stones then running southwesterly to a stake
& stones near the hills then running southeasterly 9 poles & ten feet to a stake and
stones by land of John Stiles then running westerly by land oi said Stiles to a stake
& stones over the first stripet by land of the said Bixby then running northwesterly
to a little swamp Oak marked with stones about it so on to a stake & stones by
land of s'd John Fisk then running Northeasterly by land of said Fisk over the
stripett to a Walnut tree market with stones about it and on all other parts
bounded on land of the above named John Fisk Also Another piece viz Wood
land * * 3 acres * * by land of John Fisk above * * by the path called
"Reddington's Meadow Path" j\Iar i 1748-9 ack'd Sept 28 1756.
Samuel Fisk of Boxford adm'n was granted to Judith his widow Apr. 6, 1761.
Inv. of the Estate taken May 17, 1761. 20 acres in the homestead 2 acres wood
land. Addes, Broadaxe, Augers, saw &c wid. Judith presented her acct. of adm'n
to the Court May 9, 1763 in which she says she paid the town of Boxford for their
Expence on Jonathan Peabody's child'n & due from said Fisk by ye acct. of adm'n,
on said Peabody's estate this day. Samuel Fisk above was admt. of the estate of
Jonas Peabody and after his decease Judith his widow rendered an account of
admn. of this estate.
Samuel Fisk & wife Judith of Boxford Husbandman sold to Thomas Perkins
of Topsfield blacksmith 24 acres & 132 poles of land in Boxford bounded by And-
over line, Fame's meadow, Elias Smith & Reddingtons meadow &c Dec. 15.
1741 ack'd by him & wife Sept. 24, 1742.
He d. 1761; res. Boxford, Mass.
572. i. SARAH, b. Dec. 13, 1738; m. Sept. 16, 1772, Oliver Towne, of
Tcpsfield.
573. ii. MARY, b. Feb. 20, 1740.
574. iii. JUDITH, b. June 17, 1743.
369- JOHN FISKE (John, Samuel, William, John, William, Robert, Simon,
Simon, William, Symond), b. Dec. 30, 1715; m. May 31, 1750, Mary Bridges. She
d. Apr. 13, 1763. He joined the church by profession in May, 1763.
John Fisk of Andover new parish labourer bought of John Abbot Jr of same
parish yeoman & his wife Phebe all their right title & interest in ye lands buildings
& meadows hereafter named excepting our right in our mother Abigail holt her
thirds in said lands buildings & meadows lying in Boxford * * and is part of
j^e living or estate of our father John Fisk late of Boxford aforesaid dec'd which
right of ours hereby conveyed is ye one third of two third parts of said premises
the first & principal piece containing in ye whole about seventy acres be ye same
more or less together with a dwellinghouse & barn thereon * * bounded "be-
ginning at a rock at ye fishing brook running southerly by Tho Cummings's land
* * N westerly by Cummings's * to a small brook, thence southerly by
other land which was our s'd father's to Redmgton's meadow to a white oak * *
& on all other parts bounded by ye land of Sam'l Fisk & ye Fishing brook And
also one piece of meadow lying in Redington's meadow * * 2J4 acres * *
And one piece of Dirty meadow containing 2 acres more or less together with our
right in ye salt marsh which was our s'd fathers lying in Rowley containing in
the whole 2 acres more or less * * and also a lott of wood land * by ye
Fishing brook above the Sawmill * * 40 acres * bounded by J Cummings,
by "land above mentioned which was our fathers to where a brook runs out of
Redingtons meadow" * "* by Elias Smith, & Sarah Fisk's land. Also 2 acres
of "Eight mile meadow" also another piece of 114 acres on Fishing brook called
"ye works pond" bounded by John Stiles, John Peabody and "by a gutter runing
out of ye Ironworks swamp" To Have &c Oct. 11, 1738.
John Fiske of Andover, "being far advanced in years, as renders it evident, I
am near the period of my life. I have therefore thought it best to discharge my
mind so far as the social duties of life will admit of to the end I may spend the re-
mainder of my days in preparation for that future state, into which 1 am hastening."
Made his will Apr. 25, 1800, which was proved Sept. 2, 181 1. His real estate con-
110 FISKE GENEALOGY.
sisted of homestead of 35 acres, 40 acres near Joel Jenkins two lots in Falls woods
& meadow 11 acres 4 acres on Salem road below Peter Holt's, 15 acres of pasture
near Peter Holt's, Saw mill pasture of 20 acres, wood lot Farmer meadow 20 acres
Pine Hill lot and mej.dow 10 acres, 20 acres on the plain whole amt. $3,000. Leg-
atees in will were daughter Mary Fisk to have the use of Yi the estate, great gnd
child daughter of gndson Abbott and the testators grand daughter Hepzibeth,
his wife lately deceased to have $500. Daughter-in-law Hepzibeth Burnet, family
wife of son John Fisk deceased to have $50. Gndson Isaac Abbott Jr. to have all
the buildings. He was executor. .
He d. Aug. 14, 181 1, ae. 96; res. Andover and South Andover, Mass.
574^. i. JOHN. b. July 15, 1751; m. Hebzibeth .
574^2. ii. MARY, b. Jan. 5, 1753; d. unm. June 29, 1810.
574^. iii. JOSIAH, b. abt. 1760; d. Apr. 23, 1781.
370. SAMUEL FISKE (Daniel. Samuel, William, John, William, Robert,
Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Wenham, Mass., Feb. 14, 1728; m. in Upton,
Mass., by Rev. Elisha Fish, Mar. 24, 1756, Sarah Partridge, of Medway. Samuel
Fiske, third son of Daniel and Sarah (Fuller) Fiske, was married to Sarah Par-
tridge, of Medway, and settled first in Upton, and subsequently in Shelburne. In
the former place were born to him Comfort, Samuel, Sarah and Daniel. The
latter married his cousin, Huldah Fiske, who lived to be over 95 years, a widow,
and the mother of twelve children, all deceased but one. The eldest son, Samuel
Fiske, married also his cousin, Rebecca Fiske, a daughter of Benjamin. Of their
ten children, six died young. He d. Sept. 25, 1797; res. Upton and Shelburne,
Mass.
COMFORT, b. Dec. 13, 1756.
SA^klUEL, b. Apr. 14, 1759; m. Rebecca Fiske, his cousin.
SARAH, b. in Upton Oct. 14, 1761.
DANIEL, b. May 16, 1765; m. Polly Crosby, and Huldah Fiske,
his cousin.
DAVID, b. : d., ae. 17.
SETH, b. : d., ae. 8.
371. DANIEL FISKE (Daniel, Samuel, William, John, William, Robert,
Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Wenham, ]\Iass., June 17, 1718; m. Zilpha
Tyler. After his death she married a man by the name of Aldrich. He d. in Rev.
Army; res. Holliston and Uoton. ]\Iass.
581. i. ROBERT, b. Feb. 24, 1746; m. Mary Hall.
^^582. ii. ZILPHA, b. Apr. 16, 1753; m. Jan. 26, 1792, in Upton, Peter For-
bush, of that town (Samuel. Thomas, Thomas, Daniel), b. Up-
ton, Mass., Feb. 16, 1754. He was in the Rev. War; res. Upton,
Mass. Ch. : Elijah, b. Mar. 12, 1778; m. Anna Nelson. Patty,
b. Feb. IS, 1780; d. Oct. 9, 1780. Aaron, b. June 11, 1782.
Esther, b. Oct. 5, 1783.
583. iii. HANNAH, b. Upton Mar." 28, 1756; m. in Upton by Rev. EHsha
Fish Jan. 27, 1778, Isaac Nelson, of U.
584. iv. DANIEL, b. 1759; m. Hannah Rockwood and Hannah Palmer.
585. v. SUBMIT, b. Oct. 27, 1758; m. in Upton by Rev. Elisha Fish,
June 25, 1778, William Putnam, of Upton. Had Lvdia Putnam,
b. Mar. 4, 1779; Hannah Putnam, b. June 14, '1781; EHsha
Putnam, b. May 18, 1786; Wm. Putnam, Jr., b. Mar. 15, 1788;
ZilphaPutnam,b.Apr. 15, 1789; Daniel Putnam, b. Feb. 29, 1790
Sarah Putnam, b. Feb. 6, 1792; Abner Putnam, b. July 28, 1794;
Submit Putnam, b. July 11, 1797. Wm. Putnam, Jr., b. Mar.
15, 1788; d. Sept. 30, 1865. His wife (Lurany Shepard) d. Oct.
4, 1875. They had Lexana Lurany Putnam, b. Apr. 13, i8'0;
m. Apr. 10, 1851, Wm. H. Stetson, b. Aug. 31, 1828. They had
Idella Lurany Stetson, b. Apr. 4. 1852; m. Edward Field
Doane. She had Karl Wallen Doane, b. Dec. 20, 1880, and she
m. 2d, Dec. 26, 1886, Levi T. Coats. Mrs. Wm. H. Stetson, of
Buckland, Mass., is a descendant.
Submit Fisk (Daniel, wife Zilpha Tyler; Daniel, wife Sarah
Fuller; Samuel, wife Phebe Bragg: William, wife Bridget Mas-
kett) married William Putnam, son of (William, son of Elisha,
57S.
576.
577.
ni.
578.
iv.
575.
v.
580.
VI.
FISKE GENEALOGY. Ill
son of Elisha, son of Edward, son of Thomas, son of John.
See p. 2/5, ■"Putnam History") Dea. Wilham Putnam and
Lurany Shepard. Lurany Shepard was dau. of Isaac Shep-
ard, Jr., and Sarah (6) Leonard. This Sarah Leonard's husband's
father was first deacon, husband second deacon, son Isaac
third deacon in the church at "Baptist Corner," in Ashfield,
Lyon. Sarah Leonard (dau. (5) wife Mary, Joseph (4) wife
Lyon. Sarah (6) Leonard (dau. (5) wife Mary, Joseph (4) wife
Mary, Joseph (3) wife Martha, Jacob (2) wife Phebe, Solo-
mon (i) ) m. Isaac, Jr., son of Isaac and Jemima (4) Smith
(Chileab (3) Preserved (2), Rev. Henry (i) ).
373. BENJAMIN FISKE (Daniel, Samuel, William, John, William, Rob-
ert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Upton, Mass., May 7, 1724; m. Rebecca
m. 2d, Keziah . His will is dated Aug., 1805. Witnesses, Josiah
and Seth Hastings. He d. Aug. 10, 1805; res. Upton, Mass.
BENJAMIN, b. May i, 1749; m. Jemima Holbrook and Margery
Wood.
MARY, b. Nov. 4, 1750; d. Nov. 26, 1750.
DANIEL, b. Jan. 24, 1758.
ICHABOD, b. June 18, 1761; d. before 1805.
REBECCA, b. Jan. 8, 1764; m. Jan. 23, 1784, in Upton, by Rev.
Elisha Fish, her cousin, Samuel Fiske, of Shelburne.
MARY, b. .
OBADIAH, b. .
and Abijah
586.
Fist
i.
587.
588.
589.
ii.
iii.
iv.
590.
V.
591.
vi.
592.
Vll.
593-
vni.
594-
IX.
ELIZABETH, b. .
REBECCA, b. ; d. in infancy.
375. LIEUT. WILLIAM FISK (Daniel, Samuel, William, John, William,
Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Wenham, Mass., Apr. 14, 1733; m.
^757) Jemima Adams, dau. of Obadiah of Mendon. She d. in Upton, Oct. 3, 1813.
He was born in Wenham, Mass., in the town where his ancestors settled on com-
ing to this country from England. On moving to Upton he was united in mar-
riage and ever after resided there. The births of his children are recorded in
Grafton also. During the Revolutionary War he was lieutenant in the Upton
company. He served the town in various public offices of trust and honor; was
a member of the Congregational church, and highly respected in the community.
A descendant in writing from Grafton says: On his Gravesfone is inscribed
"In Memory of Lieut William Fisk who died ]March 9, 1818 Aged 85 years" He
served in the Revolutionary War was with Washington when a part of the British
Army was captured at Trenton New Jersey was Town Treasurer many year. Select
and Tithing-man often. He worked on his Farm & in his cooper shop. He had
a meat Tub which was made in England & brought to xA-merica by one of his
Ancesters which is still in use at the old Homestead has never been repaired but
appears to be sound & in order for future use.
The old inhabitents of Upton (Those who descended from the first setlers
do not increase & multiply very fast from Four to Ten was the number of chil-
dren in families formerly — in Ben Fisks family seventeen was numbered two are
omitted in the Book.
Now only from one to five children are counted & one perhaps one family in
six has none, the size of the Fisks is less now than formerly Five feet ten
inches was the common height & from 160 to 190 pounds the common weight.
Now the common height is less than five feet eight inches & the weight less than
160 pounds."
He d. Mar. 9, 1818; res. Upton and Grafton, Mass.
595. i. JEMIMA, b. Mar. 19, 1758; m. in Upton, June 4, 1778. Enoch
Batcheller. Ch. b. Upton: Sarah, b. Dec. 28, 1781; Mary, b.
Feb. 10, 1784; Adams, b. Feb. 28, 1787; Enoch, b. Sept. 11,
1789; David, b. May 25, 1792; Huldah, b. Feb. 21, 1796; Levi,
b. Aug. II, 1798; Jemima, b. Feb. 17, 1801; Susanna, b. May i,
1804. The mother d. Aug. 29, 1846.
596. ix. LYDIA, b. ; m. in Upton, June 18, 1781, Josiah Torrey,
of Upton; went to N. H.
112
FISKE GENEALOGY.
597. 111.
MARY, b. Apr. 29, 1770; m. Reuben Lewis. Had seven chil-
dren born in Chesterfield, N. H. She d. in Shelburne, ae. 83.
598. vii. RHODAH, b. ; m. in Upton, by Rev. Elisha Fish, May
14, 1789, Silas Forbush. He was b. in Grafton, Mass., May 19,
1766, the son of David and Anna (Whitney) Forbush. [See
History of Grafton by Fred C.
Pierce; Forbes Forbush Gene-
alogy by Fred C. Pierce; and
Whitney Genealogy by Fred
C. Pierce.]
They were the great-
grandparents of the author of
ihis work. Their daughter
Nancy married Nathaniel
Smith; their daughter Maria
N. married Silas A. Pierce;
their son is Frederick C.
599. viii. LE\'I, b. Upton, Mass., Jan. 21,
1765; m. Aug. 27, 1789, Eliza-
beth Jane Tatt. He d. in
Upton, Mass.
600. V. ELISHA, b. Nov. 4, 1774; m.
Betsev Forbush.
601. iv. HULD.'YH, b. Nov. 6, 1772; m.
Daniel Fiske, of Shelburne.
He was a farmer and cooper.
She i\ in 1866.
DAVID, b. Sept, 6, 1780; m.
Sally Stowe and Lydia Allen.
Elisha, b. Aug. 18, 1760; d. young.
376. JOSIAH FISKE (Daniel, Samuel, William, John, William, Robert,
Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Wenham, Mass., Feb. 2, 1735; m. Jan. 20,
1762, Sarah Barber. She d. June 2, 1771; m. 2d, in Upton, June 10, 1772, Lydia
Daniels; m. 3d, Nov. 16, 1783, Elizabeth Gore. He d. in Upton; res. Upton, Mass.
604. i. JACOB, b. Nov. 22, 1762.
60s. ii- JOSIAH. b. Oct. 20, 1764; m. Kezia Wood.
ABIJAH, b. Dec. 8, 1766; m. Betsey .
MARY. b. Nov. 7, 176
602. vi.
603. ii.
SILAS FORBUSH.
606. iii.
607. iv.
608. v.
609. vi.
610. vii.
SARAH, b. Mar. 10, 1771; d. Mar. 11, 1771.
ASA, b. Oct. 23, 1773.
SARAH, b. July 22, 1776.
381. DANIEL FISKE (Samuel, Joseph, William, John, William, Robert,
Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Swanzejs Mass., May 10, 1710; m. Mercy
Stone; m. 2d, Sarah Stewart. He was a cooper. He d. in Swanzey in 1764; res.
Johnston, R. I.
611. ii. AMOS, b. ; m. Mary Wilbour.
612. i. SAiMUEL, b. ; m., and res. in Rhode Island, and had
613.
614.
615.
616.
617.
618.
111.
iv.
v.
vi.
vii.
Rufus, Amos, Daniel.
CALEB, b. .
619. ix.
620. X.
621. xi.
WILLIAM, b.
JOSEPH, b. -
REUBEN, b. -
DANIEL, b. -
viii. MARY, b.
MERCY, b.
MEHITABLE, b.
ABIGAIL, b.
382. JOSEPH FISKE (Samuel, Joseph, William. John, Williai^ Robert,
Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Scituate, R. I., June 8, 1708; m. Freelove
Fiske, dau. of Benjamin of Scituate. He was born in Scituate, R. I., where he
resided, finally moving to Providence, and later to Johnston, R. I., where he
died. He was possessed of a comfortable estate at his death. CalTed "yeoman,"
also "cooper." 1735 Scituate R. I. He was living in Scituate this year and
FISKE GENEALOGY. 113
his two first children's births were recorded in that town. (Scituate was set oflf
from Providence in 1731.) 1744 Providence. He had returned to Providence at
this date. 1759 Mar 6 Johnston was set off from town of Providence, and was
henceforward his home, though his residence did not change. (That is to say
the change in town Unes carried him into another town.) 1774 His household
consisted of 4 males above 16 and 2 females. (Probably himself, wife, i daughter
and 2 youngest sons and a hired man.) His son Ephraim at this date had 8 in
his family. 1784 Oct 4 Will probated (Made in 1762 July 3). Executors wife
Freelove and son Ephraim. To wife the improvement of land north side of
Plainfield Road till son Isaac is 14, for the support of children. To son Ephraim
a lot in Cranston and iioo. To daughter Lois Fiske 2 beds and £20. To daugh-
ter Sarah Fiske 2 beds and £20. To son Joseph the house and barn where his
grandfather Samuel Fiske lived. To son Isaac the house and barn where I
now dwell. To 2 sons Joseph and Isaac remainder of real estate. To 7 chil-
dren Patience Tracy, Elizabeth Kimball, Ephraim, Lois, Sarah, Joseph, and Isaac
Fiske, all movable estate, with a double portion to Ephraim. (This was because
he was the oldest son). Inventory igo, 12s. 5d. viz. i blue broad cloth great coat,
blue straight bodiced serge coat, a snuff colored serge jacket, blue broad cloth
straight bodiced coat and breeches, &c, a castor hat, tobacco pouch, pair of
braided garters, old warming pan, pewter plates, platters, basin &c, lignum vitae
salt mortar, 5 beds, clock, quilt wheel, linen wheel, woolen wheel, 8 weavers
sleighs, cedar cheese tub, cedar churn, 16 chairs, large bible, 4 tables, &c.
He d. Aug. 27, 1784; res. Providence, Scituate and Johnston, R. I.
622. i. EPHRAIM, b. ; m. Lydia Mattewson.
623. ii. JOSEPH, b. ; m. Knight, and rev. to northern
New York.
624. iii. ISAAC, b. June 15, 1757; m. Mercy Fenner.
625. iv. PATIENCE, b. Apr. 12, 1735; m. Prince Tracy.
626. V. ELIZABETH, b. Feb. 20, 1736; m. Kimball.
627. vi. SARAH, b. ; m. Abner Burlingame.
628. vii. LOIS, b. ; m. Hammond and Robert Potter.
385. PHINEHAS FISK (Samuel, Joseph, William, John, William, Robert,
Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. ; m. in Providence, Jan. 19, 1728,
Mary Colwell. He d. before 1784; res. Providence, R. I.
629. V. FISHER, b. Sept. 29, 1742; m. June 20, 1784, Hannah Dyer,
dau. of Samuel; res. No. Providence, R. I.
630. i. JOHN, b. Aug. I, 1729.
631. ii. PHINEAS, b. Apr. 8, 1731-
632. iii. AMEY, b. Oct. 14, 1733; m. Samuel Fenner, in Cranston, Sept.
6, 1764.
633. iv. JONATHAN, b. May 24, 1735.
388. LIEUT. JOHN FISKE (John, John, Nathaniel, William, Robert,
Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Wat. (West precinct, Waltham), May 15,
1687; m. June 7, 171 1, Mary Whitney, dau. of Samuel and Mary (Bemis), b. Sept.
30, 1689, d. Feb. 27, 1726; m. 2d, Dec. 14, 1727, Elizabeth Chinery, dau. of John,
b. Jan. 27, 1690, d. 1768. His will was proved in the Worcester Probate office Nov.
21, 1758. He d. Nov. 2, 1756; res. Waltham and Worcester, Mass.
634. i. MARY, b. Dec. 28, 1711; m. Nov. 25, 1735, Samuel Hagar. He
was the son of Samuel, b. Sept. i, 1698. By his first wife he
had four ch., and by Mary ten ch. : Samuel, b. Sept. 9, 1736;
m. Mary Boyington; res. Wal. Moses, b. Sept. 27, 1737;
Mary, bap. Dec. 3, 1738; Jonathan, b. Mar. 18, 1741; Abigail,
bap. Jan. 20, 1743; Sarah, bap. Aug. 26, 1744; John, bap. Dec.
8, 1745; Susan, b. Oct. 26, 1746; Elijah, b. Oct. 13, 1744; Lucy,
bap. Jan. 29, 1748.
635. ii. ABIGAIL, b. Nov. 11, 1714; m. June S, 1734, Stephen Sawin.
He was b. Sept. 17, 1712, the son of John and Elizabeth (Cool-
idge); res. Wat. Ch.: Jonathan, b. Jan. 2, 1734; Samuel, b,
Feb. 17, 1737; Benjamin, b. Feb. 12, 1739; John, b. Nov. 22,
1742; David, b. Mar. i, 1744.
636. in. JOHN, b. June 10, 1716; m. Azubah Moore.
637. iv. SARAH, b. May 14, 1718. At her father's death she was unm.
114 FISKE GENEALOGY.
638. V. JONATHAN, b. June 27, 1729; m. Abigail .
639. vi. DAVID, b. June 16, 1734. He d. Nov. 2^, 1777. His will is
dated Nov, 13, 1777. In it, on record in the Worcester Pro-
bate olitice, is mentioned his brother John, sister Abigail, sister
Mary Hager, sister Sarah and brother Jonathan.
639/4.vii. DANIEL, b. about 1730; m. Sarah Kendall.
390. JONATHAN FISKE (John, John, Nathaniel, William, Robert, Simon,
Simon, William, Symond), bap. Wat. Dec. 8, 1689; m. Apr. 10, 1716, Lydia Bemis,
dau. of John, b. about 1692. He settled in Newton, near Judge Fullers; res.
Newton, Mass.
640. i. LYDIA, b. July 21, 1717; m. Nov. 24, 1737, James Cooke, of
Wat. He was b. Mar. 3, 1713. She d., and he m. 2d, 1759,
Mary Foster, who d. 1770; res. Newton and Framingham. Ch. :
Jonathan, b. Dec. 3, 1738; m. Lydia Bacon; 7 ch. Lydia, b.
Jan. 22, 1739. Stephen, b. June 24, 1741; m. iViary Miller.
Mary, b. Newton; d. 1750. Enoch, b. Jan., 1744; m. Mary
Foster. Zebiah Fiske, b. Feb. 26, 1746. Elizabeth, b. July 8,
1748. Rebecca, b. June 18, 1753. Esther, b. May 4, 1755.
James, b. Jan. 8, 1758.
641. ii. ZEBULON, b. Apr. 30. 1719.
393. DAVID FISKE (John, John, Nathaniel, William, Robert, Simon, Si-
mon, William, Symond), b. Watertown, Mass., Apr. 13, 1697; m. in Windham,
Conn,. Dec. 25, 1723. Elizabeth Durkee.
He was born in Watertown, Mass., and while a young man emigrated to the
colony of Connecticut and located in Windham, one of the oldest places in that
state, where he ever after resided. Eli C. Fisk, of Havanna, 111., in writing in re-
lation to his ancestor said: "Our ancestor dropped the final e from the family
name and settled first in Mass., and when Hooker went to Conn, in 1636 he ac-
companied him. Many of his descendants still remain in Conn., but in the early
days some went into Rhode Island. Hence the early Conn, and R. I. Fisks dropped
the final vowel from their names. In the fall of 1867 or spring of 1868 James
Fisk (one of my father's brothers) of Omro, Wis., paid me a visit; he also told me
the same story in respect to our ancestors being one of Hooker's party and that
he was the person that dropped the final e of the family name. Also my father
told me the same, and it came in this way. I received a letter from Stephen Fisk
(another brother of my father) of Wales, Mass., who lived on the old homestead
there that signed the letter e to his son's name. Both of my parents said it did
not belong there, and that the Fisk that emigrated to Windham, Conn., with
Hooker dropped it, and none of the family had ever assumed it since. Now you
have my authority for my statement."
He was a farmer. He d. Mar. 25, 1748; res. Windham, Conn.
642. i. DAVID, b. Nov. 3, 1724; d. Nov. 24, 1724.
643. ii. DAVID, b. Dec. 17, 1726; m. Sarah Farnam.
644. iii. JOHN, b. Aug. 27, 1729; d. Mar. 3, 1735.
64s. iv. JONATHAN, b. July 4, 1731; m. Elizabeth Scott and Sarah
Leach.
646. V. ASA, b. May 26, 1733; m. Elizabeth Knight.
647. vi. ELIZABETH, b. Mar. 6, 1736; m. May 14, 1752, Samuel Webb.
He was b. in Braintree, Mass., May 14, 1690, and died in Rock-
ingham, Vt., Mar. 16, 1779, ae. 89. His first wife was Hannah
Ripley, dau. of Joshua and Hannah (Bradford) Ripley. Eliz-
abeth d. s. p. By his first wife he had four ch. Res. Wind-
ham, Conn., and Rockingham, Vt.
648. vii. JOHN, b. Apr. 17, 1738; d. May 31, 1742.
649. viii. AMAZIAH, b. Feb. 15, 1742; d. Aug. 19, 1745.
398. THOMAS FISKE (William, John, Nathaniel, William, Robert, Simon,
Simon, William, Symond), b. Wat. Sept. 12, 1701; m. June 24, 1725, Mary Pierce,
dau. of Joseph and Hannah (Monroe); b. Mar. 28, 1705. He d. Sept. 28, 1778;
res. Watertown, Mass.
650. i. HANNAH, b. Sept. 29, 1727; m. May i, 1746, Nathan Perry, b.
May 2, 1718; res. Wat.; ch.: i Hannah, b. July 24, 1747, d.
Jan.. 1748; 2 Hanah, b. June i, 1749; 3 Nathan, b. Mar. 30, 1751.
FISKE GENEALOGY. 115
651. ii. JOHN, b. Apr. 24, 1728; m. Elizabeth Harrington.
652. iii. ABIJAH, b. Mar. 12, 1729; m. Elizabeth Upham.
653. iv. DAVID, b. Oct. 8, 1731; m, Elizabeth Mansfield and Rebecca
Garfield.
654. V. MARY, b. May 20, 1733.
655. vi. JONATHAN, b. May 14, 1735; m. Abigail Lawrence.
650. vii. LYDIA, b. May 2, 1737; m. Dec. 9, 1756, Jonathan Wellington,
Jr., b. June 5, 1736. Ch.: Elisha, b. July 20, 1758; m. Lucy
Cutter. He was of Lexington.
657. viii. ABIGAIL, b. Aug. 16, 1739; m. Apr. 30, 1760, Jonathan Fiske,
of Weston. (See.)
658. ix. LOIS, b. Oct. 16, 1741; m. May 3, 1764, Joseph Hagar, Jr., of
Waltham, b. Dec. 31, 1736; d. Oct. i, 1776; res. Waltham.
Ch.: Joseph, b. Feb. 16, 1765; m. Abigail Flagg. Lois, b. Mar.
30, 1767; m. Jacob Gale. Susanna, b. Apr. 20, 1769; m. Joseph
Garfield. Miriam, b. Feb. 26, 1772; m. Thomas Bigelow.
Grace, b. May 10, 1774; m. Abraham Fiske. Anna, b. June 9,
1775- Uriah, b. Aug 26, 1776; gr. Harvard College, 1798;
M. D., 1816; Selectman, 1805-6-8-9-14-15; d. Apr. i, 1841.
659. X. EUNICE, b. Dec. 4, 1743; m. July 2, 1761, Daniel Mansfield, b.
Oct. 8, 1740, son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Benjamin). Res.
Wat. Ch.: Jacob, bap. Nov. 14, 1773.
660. xi. SARAH, b. Sept. 19, 1745; m. Apr. 16, 1765, John Lawrence, of
Wal., son of John and Mary (Hammond), b. Nov. 30, 1740.
She was dismissed to the Concord church Jan. 17, 1803. Ch.:
Amos, b. Nov. i, 1766. John, b. Oct. 28, 1769; d. July 26,
1776. Joshua, b. Nov. 6, 1770. Sarah, b. July 13, 1772. Mary,
bap. July ID, 1774. Anns, bap. Nov. 10, 1776. Abigail, bap.
Feb. 21, 1779.
399. WILLIAM FISKE (William, John, Nathaniel, William, Robert, Si-
mon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Wat. Mar. 13, 1703; m. Nov. 14, 1733, Mary
Sanderson, dau. of Edward and Mary (Farkhurst), b. Apr. 18, 1710. She d. in
childbed, July 8, 1734. The real estate of William Fiske was assigned to Mary
Bridge, wife of Nathaniel and only child of William. William Fisk of Waltham
adm'n granted to Nath'l Bridge of said town yeoman Apr 21 1760 Mary the wife
of Nath'l Bridge who was the daughter & only child had the estate there was of
the real estate over 100 acres & bounded by a Sam'l Fisk. He d. Mar. 28, 1760;
res. Waltham, Mass.
661. i. MARY, b. July i, 1734; m. Apr. 5, 1753, Cornet Nathaniel
Bridge; res.. Camb. and Waltham. He was Selectman 1767-77,
Ch.: William, b. Mar. 2, 1754; m. Elizabeth . Mary, b.
June II, 1756; m. William Coolidge and Dea. Matthias Brut
of Fram. Abigail, b. July 24, 1758; m. Nathaniel Bemis of
Wat. Nathaniel, b. Sept. 24, 1760; m. Nancy ; gr. Har-
vard College, 1782, a teacher. Matthew, b. Aug., 1763; d.
Sept., 1763. Anna, b. Aug. 3, 1765; m. Isaac Sanderson.
Sarah, b. June 14, 1768; m. Solomon Flagg.
400. JOHN FISKE (William, John, Nathaniel, William, Robert, Simon,
Simon, William, Symond), b. Wat. Aug. 24, 1706; m. June 13, I734, Sarah Child,
dau. of Daniel and Beriah (Bemis), b. Sept. 14, 1702. Res. Waltham, Mass.
662. i. DAVID, bap. Oct. 12, 1735.
663. ii. ABIGAIL, bap. Sept. 4, 1737.
664. iii. JOHN, bap. Mar. 25, 1739.
665. iv. BULAH,bap. July 25, 1742; m. Apr. 16, 1767, Jonathan Wheeler.
401. DEA. SAMUEL FISKE (William, John, Nathaniel, William, Robert,
Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Wat. Jan. 4, 1709; m. Feb. 26, i734. Anna
Bemis, b. Apr. 29, 1714. After his death she m. Apr. 26, 1763, Hopestill Bent, of
E. Sudbury, b. Nov. 4. 1708, d. 1772. She d. in Walth., a wid., Jan. 7, I793, ae. 80,
s. p. by second husband. Samuel of Waltham Inv. of his estate
May 18 1761 sworn to by the executors viz Jonas Dix and Mrs Anna Fisk
Apr 26 1762 Guardian to son William app'd Apr 25 1763 when he was under 14
years of age & again a guardian when he was in his 15th year viz in July 1768 Acct
116 FISKE GENEALOGY.
of adm'n made Apr 26 1762 they charge Paid legacys to Sam'i Gale & wife Anna
to Eliphalet Hastings & wife Susannah to Flagg & wife and to Hobbs & wife
Lucy His clothing was given by him to his two sons.
Division of his real estate Oct. 11 1762 some of it was by Great Pond by land
of a John Fisk by Horse Shoe Meadow and at Prospect Hill the agreement was
signed by Anna & Sam'l Fisk — sons Sam'l & Wm had each a third & the widow
had the other third.
He d. Mar. 29, 1761; res. Watertown, Mass.
(i(i(i. i. ANNA, b. Jan. 14, 1735; m. July 17, 1755, Samuel Gale. He was
b. May 6, 1726; d. May 6, 1793. She d. June 2, 1800. Ch.:
Samuel, b. Sept. 11, 1756; d. in the Rev. Army, unm., in the
autumn of 1776. Jacob, b. Apr. 14, 1758; m. Lois Hagar.
Anne, b. Feb. 28, 1759; m. John Cutting. Alpheus, b. 1761;
m. Lydia Hammond. A son of his, Wm., was gr. at Harvard,
1810; d. 1839.
667. vii. ELIZABETH, bap. Aug. 28, 1737; m. May 6, 1756, Nathan
Hobbs, of Weston, b. there in 1731. They had ten children,
four sons and six daus. ; three daus. d. young. Ch.: Betsey,
m. Amos Pierce, of Waltham. Lydia, m. Ebenezer Ballard,
of Weston. Lucinda, m. 1802, her second cousin, Gardner
Watkins, of Sturbridge. William, b. 1761; m. Matilda Child.
Nathan, b. 1765; m. Lydia Child. John, b. 1771; d. unm., Nov.,
1802. Amos, b. 1774; m. Sally Gould.
668. iii. GRACE, b. Nov. 7, 1739; m. May 6, 1756, Samuel Flagg, b. June
i5- ^72>Z- They res. in Wat. and Spencer. Ch. : Susanna, b.
Nov. 7, 1760; m. Solomon Cook; res. Charlton. Sarah, b.
Mar. 17, 1763; m. John Guilford. Samuel, b. July 24, 1765.
Hannah, b. Sept. 19, 1767; m. Elias Adams. Esther, b. ;
m. Apr. 26, 1791, James Adams. Polly, m. July 5, 1796, John
Bemis. Josiah, m. Dec. 29, 1797, Mary Adams.
669. iv. SAMUEL, b. Nov. 2, 1741; m. Abigail White.
670. V. SUSANNA, b. Oct. 6, 1743; m. Aug. 20, 1760, Eliphalet Hastings,
son of Eliphalet; res. Walth. Ch. : Lucy, b. Sept. 30, 176T.
Elias, b. Feb. 13, 1763; m. Lucretia Whitney. Susanna, bap.
Feb. 17, 1765; d. Sept. 8, 1775. Louisa Ann, b. Apr. 19, 1767;
d. Aug. 31, 1775. Wm., bap. Sept. 17, 1769; m. Betsey Abbott.
671. vi. LUCY, b. Nov. 21, 1746; m. May 10, 1764, Enoch Hammond, of
Newton. He was b. in Waltham Oct. 29, 1734. They res. in
Petersham, Mass., and both died there.
672. vii. WILLIAM, b. Dec. 28, 1753; m. Hannah Cook and Ruth Smith.
405. DEA, NATHAN FISKE (Nathan, Nathan, Nathaniel, William, Robert,
Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Wat. Jan. 3, 1672; m. Oct. 14, 1696, Sarah
Coolidge, b. about 1678, dau. of Ensign John of Wat., d. Nov. 27, 1723; m. 2d, May
22, 1729, Mrs. Hannah (Coolidge) Smith, b. Dec. 7, 1671, dau. of Simon and wid.
of Daniel Smith, Jr., b. Mar. 15, 1668, d. May 14, 1718. She d. Oct. 4, 1750. He
was born in Watertown and often held office; was Representative 1727-28-29-32,
and much confided in by his townsmen. He was Selectman 1711-14-17-19-20-22-23-
24-26-27; Town Treasurer, 1720-22-23; Town Clerk, 1724-28-39; was elected
Deacon as early as 1717. His estate was administered upon by his son Samuel.
The will of his widow Hannah, dated Sept. 12 and proved Oct. 22, 1750, mentions
three ch. of her brother Joseph; ch. of brother Obadiah, d. ; ch. of cousin (nephew)
Obadiah Coolidge, d. ; ch. of kinsman Joshua Grant; ch. of eldest sister Mary, and
ch. of her sister Sarah. He d. Jan. 26, 1741; res. Watertown, Mass.
673. i. SARAH, b. 1697; bap. Dec. 4, 1698; d. Nov., 1713.
674. xVz. ELIZABETH, d., ae. 7 years.
675. ii. NATHAN, b. Feb. 25, 1701; m. Anne Warren and Mary Fiske,
of Sudbury.
676. iii. JOSIAH, b. Oct. 10, 1704; m. Sarah Lawrence.
677. iv. HENRY, b. Jan. 24, 1706; m. Mary Stone.
678. V. DANIEL, b. Aug. 19, 1709; m. Deliverance Brown and Jemima
Shaw.
679. vi. SAMUEL, b. Feb. 16. 1711; m. Lydia Bond.
FISKE GENEALOGY. 117
680. vii. GRACE G., b. May 9, 1714; m. Sept. 25, 1733, Benjamin God-
dard of Shrewsbury. She d. in Hopkinton Oct. 28, 1803, ae.
90. He was b. Aug. 15, 1704; d. Jan. 28, 1754, esteemed for his
usefulness and piety. Res. Shrewsbury. Ch. : Grace, b. Jan.
I, 1736; m. Jasper Stone. Benjamin, b. Feb. 19, 1738; d. Sept.
23, 1740. Sarah, b. Jan. 8, 1740; m. Joseph Nichols. Benja-
min, b. Mar. 29, 1742, deacon and farmer, m. Hannah Will-
iams, Lucy and Betsey Russell. Susanna, b. Aug. 4,
1744; m. Rev. Isaac Stone of Douglass. Nathan, b. Aug. 4,
1746; gr. Harvard College, 1770, a lawyer; m. Martha Nichols
of Fram. Lydia, b. Aug. 2, 1748; d. unm. Hannah, b. Oct.
10, 1750; m. Silas Hey wood of Royalston. Submit, b. Aug.
4, 1754; m. James Puffer of Sud.
681. viii. HANNAH P., b. May 19, 1719; m. Feb. 15, 1743, William Smith,
Jr., of Weston, b. May 22,, 1721. She d. Sept. 2, 1813, ae. 94;
res. Wat. Ch. : George, \>. Sept. 20, 1745; William, b. Feb.
14, 1748; Mary, b. Oct. 18, 1750; Lydia, b. Apr. 24, 1754; David,
b May 6, 1756; Hannah, b. June 27, 1758.
409. WILLIAM FISKE (Nathan, Nathan, Nathaniel, William, Robert,
Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Wat. Nov. 10, 1678; m. Nov. 3, 1708, Eunice
Jennings of Fram., b. 1686, dau. of Stephen, who settled in Framingham, Mass.,
in 1690, and who m. Jan. i, 1685, in Sudbury, Hannah Stanhope. After William's
death his widow m. Jan. 3, 1754, William Johnson. He d. Mar. 16, 1759; res.
Willington, Conn. Ch.: Lydia, b. Feb. 14, 1755; Sarah, b. July 19, 1757; Benjamin,
b. Dec. 12, 1758; Abigail, b. May 12, 1760; Eunice, b. May 8, 1762; Mehitable, b.
June 3, 1764. Wm. was b. in Watertown and m. his wife in Framingham. During
the year 1715 he removed to Connecticut and settled in Ashford. May, 1716, he
sold to Thomas Orcutt, "the land where the house he now occupies is situated."
In the town records of Ashford, which by the way are in a very bad condition,
his wife Eunice is called "Unis." He d. Nov. 8, 1750; res. Watertown, Mass., and
Willington, Conn.
682. i. WILLIAM, b. Apr. 20, 1709; bap. Apr. 17, 1715; m. Mary
Blaucher and Eunice Whitney.
683. ii. STEPHEN, b. Sept. 14, 1714; bap. Apr. 17, 1715; m. Prudence
Farley and Mrs. Ann (Bradish) Green.
684. iii. HANNAH, b. Apr. 20, 1712; m. July 14, 1730, Jeremiah Powers;
res. Willington, Conn. Ch.: Hannah, b. Apr. 14, 1731; Jere-
miah, b. Feb. 25, 1733.
685. iv. NATHAN, b. Feb. 13, 1722; m. Eleanor Whitney.
412. DAVID FISKE (David, Nathan, Nathaniel, William, Robert, Simon,
Simon, William, Symond), b. Wat. Dec. 11, 1678; m. Rebecca . After his
death she m., Nov. 18, 1725, Thomas Sanderson of Waltham. She d. before 1737,
for he then m. his third wife. David Fisk Jr of Watertown adm'n granted to his wid.
Rebecca Fiske June 16 1724 Inv taken Mar. Z'^, 1724 Items Trooping arms &c —
New end of his house stood on his father's land — acct of Rebecca the adm'x June 16
1724 Thankfull daughter of David Fisk Jr of Watertown was in the 9th year of her
age when her guardian viz: John Cutting was appointed Apr 17, 1732. He d.
Mar. 5, 1723; res. Watertown, Mass.
686. i. ELIZABETH, b. May 6, 1722; d. in infancy.
687. ii. THANKFUL, b. Jan. 19, 1724 (posthumous) ; m. Dec. 24, 1741,
Jonas Smith of Waltham. He was b. June 17, 1719, son of
Zechariah, d. Nov. 4, 1801. She d. Sept. 18, 1775. Ch.: Anne,
b. June 17, 1742. Lydia, b. Feb. 23, 1744. Eunice, b. Nov. 4,
1745; m. Benj. Green. Jonas, b. Nov. 21, 1747; m. Molly
and Mary How. Zechariah, b. Aug. 22, 1749; m. Sarah
Bemis. David, b. July 9, 1752; m. Martha Green. Jonathan,
b. Nov. 24, 1755; m. Ruth Cutler. Nathan, b. Mar. 16, 1758;
m. Susanna Bemis. Elijah, b. Jan. 30, 1760; m. Lydia Flagg
and Anna Whitney. Amos, b. Feb. 26, 1762; m. Rhoda Whit-
ney. Sarah, b. Feb. 21, 1765; d. Sept. 27, 1775.
413. NATHANIEL FISKE (Nathaniel. Nathan, Nathaniel, William, Rob-
ert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Wat. June 9, 1678; m. in Sherburne,
118 FISKE GENEALOGY.
Jan. i6, 1705-6, Hannah Adams, d. July 21, 1718. He was b. in Watertown, Mass.,
where he remained until he had nearly attained his majority, when he settled in
Sherburne. There he was married and there he ever after resided. He was
prominent in church and town affairs. He d. Aug. 24, 1719; res. Sherburne, Mass.
688. i. NATHANIEL, b. Nov. 11, 1706; did he die at Lake George
Oct. 5, 1756, as per town record?
689. ii. ASA, b. Feb. 27, 1708; m. Lois Leland.
6go. iii. HANNAH, b. Sept. 9, 1710; m. Dec, 1732, Jonathan Carver of
Natick. Had several daus.
691. iv. MOSES, b. Jan. 29, 1713; m. Mehitable Broad.
692. v. LYDL^, b. Apr. 24 1715; d. Aug. 19, 1717, in S.
693. vi. LYDIA, b. Oct. 5, 1718.
415. JOHN FISKE (Nathaniel, Nathan, Nathaniel, William, Robert, Simon,
Simon, William, Syniond), b. Wat. Mar. 17, 1682; m. in Sherburne, July 31, 1706,
Lydia Adams, b. Feb. 2, 1684, dau. of Moses and Lydia (Whitney) Adams of
Sherburne. He was born in Watertown, Mass., where he resided until nearly
twenty-one years of age, when in company with his brother Nathaniel he located
in Sherburne, where he ever after resided. His wife and brothers were rela-
tives. He was a weaver by trade and the admn. of his estate was granted to his
widow July 13, 1730. Inventory was taken July 3, 1730, acct. of Lydia the admr.,
Sept. 13, 1731, in which she charges for "supporting the deceased four youngest
children sixteen months," and paying a Mrs. Hannah Fiske for nursing. He d.
May 8, 1730; res. Sherburne, Mass.
695. i. JOHN, b. May 8, 1709; m. Abigail (Leland) Babcock.
696. ii. LYDIA, b. Jan. 14, 1712; d. May tj, 1715, in Sherburne.
697. iii. ISAAC, b. Aug. 24, 1714; m. Hannah Haven.
698. iv. DANIEL, b. Apr. 7. 1716.
699. v. LYDIA, I3. Aug. 4, 1720; d. young.
700. vi. PETER, b. Mar. 12, 1722-3; m. Sarah Perry.
701. vii. ABIGAIL, b. July 24, 1727; d. Aug. 9, 1727, in S.
702. viii. NATHANIEL, b. Mar. 31, 1730. He d. 1756; was a laborer.
His estate admr. upon by his brother Isaac, Dec. 8, 1756;
wages were due him from the province.
422. JONATHAN FISKE (Jonathan, David, David. Robert, Simon,
Simon, William, Symond), b. Watertown; m. at Lunenburg, July 28, 1738,
Jemima Foster of L. Oct. 29, 1753, administration of his estate was granted by
the Middlesex Probate Court to his widow, Jemima. She m. 2d, in 1754, a
Cragan, for Feb. 4 of that year she returned her inventory of Jonathan's estate
and her name was Cragan. He d. 1753; res. Lunenburg and Groton, Mass.
703. i. JEMIMA, b. Feb. 8, 1739.
704. ii. BENJAMIN, b. Nov. 4, 1744.
427. SERGT. BEZALEEL FISKE (Jonathan. David, David, David,
Robert, Simon, Simon, William. Symond), b. Sudbury, Mass., Aug. 24, 171S;
m, there Nov. 11, 1742, Beulah Frost of Framingham; d. Apr. 20, 1744; m. 2d,
Aug. 7, 1744, Tabitha Hyns, b. 1724, d. Jan. 27, 1752; m. 3d, in Sudbury, Apr. ll,
1754, Rebeckah Rand of Sudbury. He was born in Sudbury where his father
was a prominent citizen. Soon after his first marriage he moved to Holden,
where he was an early resident. In the early records of the town, constant refer-
ences appear relating to militia affairs. The citizens were often called to make
practical exhibitions of their patriotism and bravery in their country's service.
The town, May 4, 1744, "Voted the sum of £30 to provide powder and bullets, and
flints for town-stock." Bezaleel Fiske was sergeant of the company. He was
prominent in all the affairs of town and church, was selectman 1759-60, assessor
the same years, and town treasurer 1760-61. Res. Holden, Mass.
705. i. AM AS A, b. Nov. 27, 1745.
LUTHER, b. Aug. 10, 1758.
EUNICE, b. Oct. 5, 1760.
ASA. b. Oct. 7, 1764; m. Dollv Warren.
NAHUM. b. May 11, 1762: m. Sally Gay.
428. SAMUEL FISK (Jonathan. David. David, David, Robert, Si-
mon, Simon. William. Symond). b. in Watertown, Mass.. May 3, 1717; m. in
Sudbury, June 14, 1753, Abigail Rice, b. in Sudbury, Apr. 17, 1723, d. 1798. She
706.
ii.
707.
in.
708.
IV.
709.
V.
FISKE GENEALOGY. 119
was daughter of Jason and Abigail (Clark) Rice, and was born in Sudbury.
The father died there Feb. 19, 1729, ae. 38. The widow then married Dec. 7, 1741,
Nathaniel Haven of Framingham. Soon after the death of Jason, the widow
was appointed guardian of the three children. Nov. 23, 1741, Abigail, with the
other two children, chose Jason Gleason in her stead. Jason Rice was the son
of Dea. Edmund and Joyce (Russell) Rice of Cambridge. When the father died
the other heirs deeded the Sudbury property to Jason, upon which he subse-
quently resided, and where he died. Nathaniel Haven was a member of the
Framingham church when constituted; was constable in 1707; selectman in 1706.
He d. July 20, 1746. Samuel was born nine years after the marriage of his par-
ents; he was the third and youngest child, the other two being Jason and Hepzi-
bath. He was b. Feb. 8, 1762, and went from Sherburne to Barre with his parents
when he was about nine years old, and died there in 1832. His father Samuel,
and son Samuel are also buried in Barre, I believe. He d. in Barre, Mass.; res.
Sudbury, Sherburne and Barre, Mass.
By the will of his father, Johnathan, who died in 1740, he was given "26 acres
of land in Sudbury on the east side of the river called the Neck." He moved
to Sudbury and was married there, and soon afterward sold his 26 acres and moved
to Sherborn, moving later to Barre, Mass., where he died.
Middles'x Co. Deed — At Cambridge.
Vol. 89 page 283 — Samuel Fisk of Sudbury, Husbandman, for 100 Lbs sells
26 acres of land at Sudbury to Richard Heard.
Signed Ap. 29 1755 Samuel Fisk
Abegail Fisk, wife.
In March 12 1781 Worcester
Personally appeared the above named Samuel Fisk of Barre & acknowledged
the above instrument
Recorded at Cambridge Aug. 22 1785.
Worcester Co Deeds Vol 105 page 212
Jan 7 1788.
Samuel Fisk of Barre for 200 i sells to Samuel Fisk Jr of Barre (brother of
Jason & Hepzibah) yoeman, 48 acres of land in Barre also Yt. of barn & my house
where I now dwell (the west room excepted) which I reserve for my daughter
Hepzibah Fisk during the time she remains single"
Signed Samuel Fisk.
Abegail Fisk.
Vol. 105 page 213
Jan. 3 1788 — Samuel Fisk of Barre for 200 £ sells to Jason Fisk 48 acres & the
house where the said Jason Fisk now dwells & J^ of barn.
Signed Samuel Fisk.
Abegail Fisk.
Vol. 72 page 372 Aug 9 1773.
William Smith of Oakburn for 200 i sells to Samuel Fisk of Rutland in Rut-
land District part of Great Farm No 2 100 acres with a house & barn — [Rutland
District was finally called Barre, after being named Hutchinson. M. D. C.].
He d. in Barre, Mass.; res. Sudbury, Sherborne and Barre, Mass.
710. i. SAMUEL, b. Feb. 8, 1762; m. Dolly Gleason and Mrs. Lydia
(Brooks) Stowe.
711. ii. JASON, b. Sept. i, 1754; m. Elizabeth .
712. iv. HEPZIBAH, b. Mar. 18, 1766; d. unm., Apr. 3, 1839. Worces-
ter Co. Probate Records Dec 1839 Will of Hepzibah Fisk of
Barre mentions children of my nephew Sewall Fisk children of
my nephew Harvey Fisk children of my nephew Samuel Fisk,
Jr. Brother Samuel Fisk, brother Jason Fisk nephews &
nieces John Joel Hannah, Levi — Roxanna Sally — children of
my brothers Samuel & Jason Executor, Sewall Fisk of Bos-
ton.
713. iii. HEPZIBAH, b. Jan. 24, 1757, in Sudbury; d. young.
430. WILLIAM FISK (Jonathan, David, David, David, Jeffrey, Robert,
Simon. Simon, William, Symond), b. Sudbury, Mass., Sept. 4, 1720; m. Nov. 13,
1740, Sarah Cutting. After his death she m. Sept. 18, 1754, Samuel Buckpen. of
Sutton. By the will of his father he was given lands in Sutton, to which place he
went to reside probably soon after his marriage. He d. intestate about Dec,
120 FISKE GENEALOGY.
1752, for June 4 of the following year an inventory of his estate was taken which
is on file in the Worcester Probate office. He d. Dec, 1752; les. Sutton, Mass.
714- 1. JONATHAN, b. Feb. 3, 1743.
715. ii. DAVID, b. May 27, 1746; m. Jan. 24, 1769, Sarah Goodale of
Sutton.
716. iii. SARAH, b. Sept. 14, 1749; m. Oct. 30, 1766, John Barnard of
Sutton.
433. DBA. DAVID FISKE (Jonathan, David, David, David, Jeffrey, Rob-
ert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Sudbury, Mass., Sept. 4, 1726; m. in
Sudbury, Dec. 5, 1750, Ruth Noyes. He was a native of Sudbury, but early was
a resident of Holden. He was one of the prominent men in the town and for
years, from Mar. 31, 1762, was deacon of the church. Among papers belonging to
the Rev. Mr. Avery, pastor of the church, I have found a small memorandum
book, which contains some entries of peculiar interest. The book bears date
1782. That was a period of great distress among the people. The war had
been long. Money was scarce, and it was with some difficulty that Mr. Avery
received his annual salary. His parishioners, however, were disposed to share
with their pastor, the good things of life. "Memorandum of gifts received." "Of
Deacon Hubbard, a piece of beef; a pail of soap; a loaf of bread; a few candles;
two quarts of milk; a cheese, and four pounds of butter." "Of Mr. Abbott, a
piece of beef and of pork; also a spare-rib; three candles; some malt and a piece
of bread, also two wash tubs and thirty nails, and a few hops." "Of Lieut. Hub-
bard, a piece of beef, a cheese and some malt." "Of Mr. Ebn. Estabrook, a leg
of pork." "Of Deacon Fiske, a piece of beef, Jan. Sth."
The ladies of that day were equally thoughtful in regard to the wants of the
Parish Priest. "Of Mrs. Benj. Flagg, a cheese." "Of Mrs. Fiske, a lb. of combed
flax." "Of Mrs. Elisha Hubbard, some flax."
David Fiske was town clerk 1783-6-8-9; selectman, 1761-2-9-71-77-78-83; asses-
sor, 1 767-9-71-7-8-83-5-7-8. When the census of the town was taken in 1773 his
family consisted of eight persons. He served in the local militia company as pri-
vate before and during the Revolutionary War.
res. Sudbury and Holden, Mass.
RUTH, b. Holden, June 30, 1754.
DAVID, b. July 19, 1761; m. Naomi Winch.
SAMUEL, b. Oct. I, 1764.
LEMUEL, b. Nov. 8, 1767; m. Eunice . A son David
d. in H., June 11, 1801. •
721. i. ANNA. b. in Sudbury, Aug. 22, 1751; m. Jan. 31, 1775, Moses
Wheeler of Holden.
434. BENJAMIN FISK (Jonathan, David, David, David, Jeffrey, Robert,
Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Sudbury, Mar. 28, 1730; m. there 1752, Abi-
gail Maynard. He moved to Worcester about the fall of 1755, and moved else-
where after 1767. Res. Sudbury and Worcester, Mass.
WILLIAM, b. Apr. 3 1753, .
MOSES, b. Sudbury, Apr. 18, 1755; d. in Worcester, Sept. 20,
1756.
ABIGAIL, b. May 27, 1761.
BENJAMIN, b. Apr. 9, 1759.'
JOHN, b. Apr. 9. 1764.
LOIS, b. Sept. 18. 1767.
MOSES, b. June 7, 1757.
437- DR. ROBERT FISKE (Robert, David, David, David, Jeffrey, Robert,
Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Lexington Jan. 12, 1721; m. Mrs. Abigail
Grover, m. 2d, Betty , d. Dec. 14, 1770. There is no recoid of his death. He
was in Lex. in 1764, and she was a widow in 1767; he must have died between these
periods. In 1767 Wid. Betty Fiske bought eighty acres of land in Lex. bounded
easterly on the Woburn line and westerly by land of Lemuel Simonds. Her will,
dated Dec. 4, 1770, and proved in 1771, mentions sons Robert, John and David
and daus. Betty and Ruth. The record of this family is quite defective. Like
his father, he was a physician by profession, and appears to have resided in many
places. In 1760 he was in the French and Indian war. In 1757 in Woburn, and in
1764 he ret. to Lex.
He d.
717.
11.
718.
111.
719.
IV,
720.
v.
722.
1.
723.
11.
724.
iii.
725.
IV.
726.
V.
727.
VI.
728.
Vll.
FISKE GENEALOGY. 121
730.
11.
731-
111.
732.
IV.
733.
V.
734-
VI.
Middlesex Probate Records Vol 52 405 Dec 4 1770 appr Sept 17 1771 Betty
Fisk of Lexington wid. Will "Being sick & weak in body". & To Son Robert
Fisk — ^John &c when they arrives at age of 21 also suitable food & raiment until
he (John) arrives to 14 — to dr Betty &c when she shall arrive at age of 18 i dr
Ruth when 18 & food &c till 14 — to son David, whom I constitute & ordain sole
Ex'r & all residue of estate. P. 408 Sept 17. David Fisk Ex'r exhibited Inven-
tory.
He d. about 1765; res. Woburn and Lexington, Mass.
729. i. RUTH, b. Apr. 10, 1746; m. Feb. 13, 1766, Jonathan Harrington.
■His second wife. He was b. Mar. 21, 1722. By his first wife
he had seven children, and by Ruth one, Jonathan, b. Oct. 25,
1766.
ROBERT, b. in 1758; m. Elizabeth .
DAVID, b. Nov. 2S, 1760; m. Abigail Harrington.
RUTH, b. Oct. 30, 1765.
JOHN, b. .
BETTY, b. .
440. DR. JOSEPH FISKE (Robert, David, David, David, Jeflfrey, Robert,
Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Lexington, Oct. 13, 1726; m. Dec. 13, 1751,
Hepzibah Raymond, b. 1729; d. Oct. 9, 1820. He died at the advanced age of eighty-
one years, and his wife aged ninety-one. He was a physician and the successor
to his father who died about the time he began practice. He admr. on his father's
estate, and resided in the same house. He had other children probably besides
those mentioned below, as the imperfect records speak of the death of at least one
of his infant children. He d. Jan. 8, 1808; res. Lexington, Mass.
735. i. JOSEPH, b. Dec. 25, 1752; ni. Elizabeth Stone.
736. ii. RUTH, b. Apr. 20, 1758; m. May 7, 1795, John .
737. iii. HEPZIBAH, b. June 22, 1765; m. John Le Baron; res. Little-
ton.
442. LIEUT. JOHN FISKE (Robert, David, David, David, Jeffrey, Robert,
Simon Simon, William Symond), b. Lexington, Mass., Nov. 18, 1731; m. July 9,
1755, Mary Ingalls, b. Nov. 6, 1735, dau. of John and Mary (Willis) Ingalls of
—Somfret. He was born in Lexington. He studied medicine, but did not practice
to any great extent. There is not any record of his marriage on the Lexington
records. He was in Lex. in 1752 and later as one of the heirs — "Dr. John Fiske" —
he sold land to Jonas Parker. In 1754 he was in the French and, Indian war, and
it is said later he was of Pomfret, town, a housewright and bought in 1753 of
Nathaniel Abbott of Pomfret land lying partly in Pomfret and partly 'in Ashford.
In 1756 he sold to William Legg of Mendon 30^-^ acres in Mendon North Purchase,
now Milford.
John Fiske, carpenter, first appears on Pomfret records 21 January, 1753, when
for ii450 bills of public credit, he bought of Nathan Abbott of Pomfret, 54^ acres
of land lying partly in Pomfret and partly in Ashford. Fiske sold this land the
following year to Jonathan Lyon of Promfret for £1660. old tennor, buying of
Lyon at the same time for £1700, 35 acres in Pomfret. John Fiske married 9 Jan.,
1755, Mary b. at Pomfret 6 Nov., 1735, daughter of John and Mary (Willis) In-
galls. On Pomfret records Fiske is frequently called Lieutenant. He died at Pom-
fret 6 Aug.. 1790. His will (original on file at Pomfret), dated 28 July. 1790,
mentions wife Mary for whom a provision was made during her natural life and
gives one half of the residue of the estate to son Daniel, dividing the other half
between his three daughters, Mary, Sarah and Alice; Sarah's share was to be deb-
ited with £20 already advanced her. Wife Mary and son Daniel Exrs. Will proved 7
Sept. 1790. The inventory taken 3 Sept. 1790, by Lemuel Ingalls and Daniel
Goodell, amounted to about £300 of which £190 was real estate. He d. Aug. 6,
1790; res. Pomfret, Conn.
738. i. MOLLY (Mary) b. Oct. 25, 1755 (No record of her marriage).
In 1795 she was living unmarried at Pomfret, but had removed
to Otsego Co., N. Y., prior to 7 Jan., 1796, when she sold to
William Field a piece of land in Pomfret given her by her
father's will.
739- ii. JOHN WILLYS b. 16 Jan., 1758, d. 14 Sep., 1776.
122 FISKE GENEALOGY.
740. iii. SARAH, b. 3 Apr. 1761; m. (date not learned) Solomon son of
Lemuel Eldredge of Pomfret and removed with her husband
to Springfield, Otsego Co., N. Y., prior to 31 Jan., 1792. The
date of death of neither has been learned. Issue: Rosena,
who m. Seldon Rathbone and died about 1812. Sarah, b.
13 Nov., 1787 m. 14 Dec, 1806, Bailey Crandall, and d. at
Cazenovia, N. Y., 18 April, 1857. Mary, who m. Sheldon Nor-
ton of Hudson, Ohio, and died about i860. Harvey, who m.
at Springfield, N. Y., Sarah, b. 25 Feby., 1795, dau. of Samuel
and Sarah (Vibber) Way and removed to' Findley, Ohio, of
which place he was a prominent citizen. Willis, who d. un-
married at De Ruyter, N. Y., Oct., 1858. Evander, b. at
Springfield, N. Y., 10 Nov., 1798; m. (date not learned) Betsey
Olivia, b. at Springfield, 8 June, 1801, dau. of Samuel and Sarab
(Vibber) Way. They removed to Hudson, Ohio, where h(
died 29 Nov., 1827. His widow returned to Springfield, N
Y., where she died 28 Aug., 1829, leaving an only child, Har-
riet Louise, who was b. at Hudson, Ohio, 11 July, 1824. This
child m. at De Ruyter, N. Y., 30 Oct., 1849, Paul King Randall
and Frank E. Randall 45 Broadway, N. Y., is the only issue
of that marriage. Amelia, who m. Barnes and lived in
Ohio. Celestia, b. April, 1805; m. Stephen G. Sears and d.
at De Ruyter, N. Y., 23 Aug., 1829.
741. iv. ALICE, born 15 Apr., 1763, m. between the 6th : nd iith of Feby.,
1793, Sylvanus Eldredge, brother of the above Solomon
Eldredge.
742. v. DANIEL, b. 28 Sept., 1766. In 1796 he was living at Springfield,
Otsego Co., N. Y.
443- DR. JONATHAN FISKE (Robert, David, David, David, Jeffrey, Rob-
ert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Lexington, May 20, 1734; m. in Woburn,
Sept. 4, 1755, Abigail Locke, dau. of Wm. and Jemima (Russell) of Woburn. Her
parents resided near the Lex. line in Woburn. In 1752 he was in Lex. where for
a consideration he relinquished his rights to his mother's thirds; res. Lex. and
Woburn and elsewhere.
444. DAVID FISKE (Robert, David, David, David, Jeffrey, Robert, Simon,
Simon, William, ^Symond), b. Lex., Mar. 8, 1737; m. June 22, 1760, Elizabeth Blod-
gett. He was a 'weaver and to distinguish him from others of the same name, he
was called "Weaver David." He was famous as a hunter. Though the wild game
was not very plenty in his day, he contributed greatly to thin off the deer, bears,
etc. He ran down and killed a stately buck on the hill over which the Burlingame
road ran, and hence it has taken the name of "Buck's Hill." There is no record
of his family. He d. July 20, 1815; res. Lexington, Mass.
743- i- DAVID, b. Nov. 23, 1760; m. Sarah Hadley and Mrs. Ruth
744- ii. BENJAMIN, b. .
745. iii- BETSEY, b. ; m. Apr. 14, 1788, Joseph Webber. Res.
Lex. Ch. : Joseph, b. Feb. 19, 1789; Susanna, b. July 9, 1791.
They then moved to Bedford.
446. DR. EBENEZER FISKE (Ebenezer, David, David, David, Jeffrey,
Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Lex., Mar. 5, 1725; m. Elizabeth
Cotton of Boston, b. Aug. 24, 1727. Her father. Rev. Ward Cotton, married
Joanna Rand of Boston. Their children, as far as we have ascertained, were:
Isabella, b. 1735, d. July 31, 1752; Elizabeth; Sarah Cotton, b. Oct. 19, 1739. After
Mr. Cotton's dismission he removed to Plymouth, Mass., where he d. Nov. 27,
1768, ae. 57 years. Mrs. Cotton survived him, and was married to Mr. Jonathan
Gilman of Exeter.
To show how little one knows of their ancestors I give this. A great-grand-
son of Dr. Fiske in writing to the compiler in 1896 says: "Our branch of the
Fisk family, unfortunately, I have been unable to trace back beyond the landing
in New York about 1781. My great-grandfather was a physician, evidently from
a prominent English family. The place from which, and the date of his departure
from England, we cannot discover, nor do we know his name, as he died on the
FISKE GENEALOGY. 123
passage over. He was a widower with three small children, but his mother
attended him on the passage. The names of the three orphan children who
landed in New York about 1781, under the care of their grandmother, were: Eben-
ezer Fisk, Isabella Fisk and Cotton Fisk. The evidence that our great-grandfather
came from a wealthy family in England is supposed from the fact that among his
effects, landing in New York, which jny grandfather had, was a great chest con-
taining a costly wardrobe, a number of velvet suits, etc., a tortoise shell jewel box
with many jewels, and his medical and surgical instruments. This jewel case is
now in the possession of Cotton N. Fisk, at Abbotsford, P. Q., Canada."
He d. 1781; res. Epping, N. H.
746. i. EBENEZER, b. ; m. and Azuba Hoyt.
747. ii. ISABELLA, b. ; m., and res. in United States.
748. iii. COTTON, b. Aug. 8, 1779; m. Sarah Fifield.
452. REV. SAMUEL FISKE (Ebenezer, David, David, David, Jeffrey,
Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Lex., Oct. 5, 1739; m. -.
He was gr. H. C, 1759; was an Epis. clergyman in South Carolina. He d. in
1777; res. South Carolina.
453. BENJAMIN FISKE (Ebenezer, David, David, David, Jeffrey, Robert,
Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Lex., Aug. 10, 1742; m. May 14, 1767, Re-
becca Howe, of Concord. After his death she m. 2d, Mar. 28, 1786, Lieut. Will-
iam Merriam of Bedford. His estate was appraised Apr. 11, 1785, and divided
Mar. 2-], 1786. He d. Feb. i, 1785; res. Lexington, Mass.
749. i. BENJAMIN, b. Aug. 20, 1774; m. Elizabeth Bridge and Nancy
Adams.
750. ii. ELIZABETH, b. Apr. 7, 1783; m. May 29, 1S02, William Whit-
ney of Shirley, son of Rev. Phinehas, b. Oct. 3, 1778, d. Jan.
29, 1837; res. Shirley, Winchendon and Boston, Mass. She d.
Feb. 24., 1810. Ch.: William F., b. May 19, 1803; m. Frances
Ann Rice of Boston, Mass. George H., b. May 24, 1809; m.
Elizabeth B. White.
464. AARON FISK (Samuel, James, James, Phinehas, Thomas, Robert,
Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Newton, Mass., about 1736; m. Abigail
. After his death she m. 2d, at Petersham, Mar. 10, 1802, Ebenezer Lock of
Wendall. The inventory of his estate was taken Feb. 25, 1790. In the Worcester
County Probate Court, Apr. 5, 1791, John Fisk was appointed administrator of
the estate of Aaron Fisk, late of Petersham. Abigail was the widow. They were
appointed guardians to Samuel, Thomas and Anna. He d. in 1790; res. Newton,
Mass., and Petersham, Mass.
751. i. SAMUEL, b. Nov. 19, 1766; m. Frances Swan.
752. ii. JOHN, b. ; m., and res. Petersham.
753. iii. THOMAS, b. .
754. iv. ANNA, b.
755. v. BETSEY, b.
471. SAMUEL FISK (Jonathan, James, James, Phinehas, Thomas, Robert,
Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Concord, Mass., May 22, 1740; m. at Not-
tingham, N. H., Mar. 6, 1764, Judeth Rowell of Nottingham. He was born in
Concord, Mass., and during his early manhood worked on a farm in Nottingham,
N. H. He was united in marriage at Nottingham by Rev. Benjamin Butler, and
soon after moved to Warren, R. I., where several of his children were born. Res.
Nottingham, N. H., and Warren, R. I.
SARAH, b. Mar. 9, 1765.
JONATHAN, b. Nov. 20. 1766.
SAMUEL, b. May i, 1769; d. Sept. 26, 1769.
MARY, b. June 26, 1774.
RICE ROWELL, b. Jan. 11. 1776.
482. THOMAS FISK (Thomas, Samuel, James, Phinehas, Thomas, Robert,
Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Pepperell, Mass., Mar. 12, 1746; m. Mar. 17,
1768, Sarah Shipley, b. Dec. 25, 1748, d. Feb. 18, 1831, dau. of John and Elizabeth
(Boyden) Shipley. He was born in Pepperell, Mass., and continued to reside
there until 1780, when he moved to Jaflfrey, N. H. His last two children were
bom there. He was a farmer and respected in the community where he resided.
756.
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758.
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760.
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V.
124 FISKE GENEALOGY.
Mr. Fisk was a soldier of the Revolution and served in several campaigns. He
lost his property by the depreciation of the continental money. He moved with
his family to Jafifrey, N. H., in 1780, where he died. He d. Mar. 15, 1818; res.
Pepperell, Mass., and Jafifrey, N. H.
761. i. SAMUEL, b. Nov. 28, 1768; m. Mary Twitchell.
762. ii. ASA, b. July i, 1771; m. Cynthia Mann.
763. iii. LEVI, b. Feb. 16, 1775; m. Hannah Mellen.
764. iv. SARAH, b. Mar. 22, 1779; m. Phinehas Spaulding of Jaffrey,
where she d. Apr. 21, 1844. After the death of his wife, Mr. S.
removed to Medina, Lenawee Co., Mich., where he died. Ch. :
Lyman, b. Aug. 2"], 1803; m. Sept. 18, 1831, Susan Marshall, b,
in Jaffrey, Dec. 16, 1808. After the birth of their children they
removed from Jafifrey, N. H., to Medina, Lenawee Co., Mich.
Ch. : I, Oliver L., b. Aug. 2, 1833. He graduated at Oberlin
College in 1855, taught in the academy at Medina one year, and
settled in St. Johns, Clinton Co., Mich., in 1857, where he stud-
ied and practiced law, till he went into the army, Aug., 1862.
For two years he was in command of the 23d Michigan Infan-
try, the first year as lieutenant-colonel, the last as colonel.
m. May 29, 1856, M. Jennie Mead, b. in Lockport, N. Y., Dec.
II, 1830, and d. at St. Johns, Nov. 9, 1857; m. 2d, May, 1859,
Martha INL Mead, who d. Nov. 25, 1861, leaving a son, Frank
M., b. Nov. 4, 1861. For 3d wife he m. Aug. 12, 1862, M.
Cecelia Swegles, b. Mar. 24, 1844. 2, Eliza S., b. Aug. 30, 1835 ;
m. Dec. 16, 1855, 'Franklin Gallup, b. Sept. 24, 1829. Ch.:
Frank J., b. May 8, i860; Arietta P., b. Jan. 13, 1862. 3, Susan
M., b. Oct. 28, 1837. 4, Thomas H., b. Jan. 26, 1840; d. Jan.
II, 1861. 5, Edward M., b. May 5, 1842; d. in the army at
Bowling Green, Ky., Feb. 10, 1863. 6, Hattie J., b. Apr. i,
1844; d. Apr. 25, 1847. Sarah E. Spaulding [42-2], b. Sept. 16,
1817; m. Thomas A. Stearns, and resided in Jaffrey till her
death, Feb. 26, 1855. Ch. : i, Susanna E., b. May 28, 1839, d.
Oct. 27, 1839. 2, Harriet E., b. Jan. 7, 1844. 3, Henry M., b.
Mar. 4, 1848.
765. v. POLLY, b. Nov. 3, 1782; d. June 14, 1804.
766. vi. JOEL, b. Jan. 14, 1787; m. Sally Pierce. He settled on the
homestead of his father, where he d. Feb. 19, 1823, s. p. She
afterward married a Mr. Bridges, and diedvin Wilton, N. H.
483. JOHN FISK (Thomas, Samuel, James, Phinehas, Thomas, Robert,
Simon, Simon, William, Symond). b. Groton, Mass., July 23, 1748; m. Anna
Blood. He was a soldier in the Revolution, and was severely wounded in battle
by a musket ball which passed through his head. He, however, recovered from
his wounds so far as to be able to report for duty, but was soon after taken sick
of a fever of which he died. He d. 1781; res. Groton, Mass.
767. i. JOHN, b. Mar. 9, 1779; m. .
488. BENJAMIN FISKE (Benjamin, John, John, Phinehas, Thomas, Rob-
ert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Swanzey, Mass., Mar. 8, 1706; m. Susan-
nah Briggs, dau. of James and Sarah of Kingston, Providence and Cranston,
R. I. He d. Sept. 13, 1771; res. Swanzev, Mass., and Scituate, R. I.
768. i. BENJAMIN, b. ; m. Hannah Hammond.
769. ii. MARY. b. Mav i, 1729.
770. iii. ELIZABETH, b. June 3, 1731.
771. iv. NATHAN, b. Dec. 2, 1732; d. Dec. 3, 1732.
772. V. NATHANIEL, b. about 1735; m. Anna , Lois Rowley,
Sylvia and Sarah Arnold.
490. DANIEL FISKE (Benjamin, John, John, Phinehas, Thomas, Robert,
Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Rehoboth, Mass., Dec. 16, 1709; m. Dec. 24,
1732, Freelove Williams, dau. of Peleg and Elizabeth (Carpenter) Williams, grand-
daughter of Daniel and great-granddaughter of Rev. Roger Williams. At the
time of the marriage he was of Scituate. She was b. Nov. 13, 1713; d. Apr. 20,
1791. He left papers and after his death on examination among them was found
the statement ''that some of the Swanzey Fiskes mooved from there to quebec
FISKE GENEALOGY. 125
Canada and corrisponded with their friends a few years later & then spelled their
name Fiskqvie." Mrs. Fiske's grandfather was murdered by the Indians. "He was
hoeing corn in the field, his wife waching him from their Cabin door when an
Indian stealthely crept up Behind him, threw his tomahawk with unering speed
and drove the cruel instrument in to his skul. He then tore off his scalp and with
his trophy departed leaving a corpes and widow, who dare not utte a shriek for
fear the wanton savage would enter her dwelling & she with her helpless Children
must then share the father & husband fate." He d. June 27, 1804; res. Scituate,
R. I.
y7^. i. EUNICE, b. Apr. 5, 1736; m. Sept. 30, 1762, William Ashton,
Jr., of Scituate, and Providence. She d. Jan. 21, 1814.
774. ii. JOSEPH, b. Apr. 2Z, 1738; m. , and d. s. p. June 18, 1793.
775. iii. WAITE, b. Feb. 23, 1740. She d. Apr. 28, 1807.
-/-jh. iv. RHODA, b. Jan. 16, 1751; d. Aug. 5, 1772.
"JTJ. V. DANIEL, b. Apr. 28, 1753; m. Freelove Knight.
491. JOHN FISKE (Benjamin, John, John, Phinehas Thomas, Robert, Si-
mon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Swanzey, Mass., Jan. 11, 1713; m. Elizabeth
Williams, dau. of Peleg and Elizabeth, granddaughter of Daniel and Rebecca, and
great-granddaughter of Rev. Roger Williams. She d. Sept. 24, 1766. She de-
scended in a direct line from Roger Williams. [Alden's Epitaphs.]
He was a justice of the peace for years and was called Esquire. He d. Dec.
5, 1798; res. Scituate, R. I.
JONATHAN, b. 1738; m. Barbara Brown.
PELEG, b. Jan. 24, 1740; m. Lydia Sheldon.
CALEB, b. Jan. 24, 1753; m. Mary Manchester.
DORCAS, b. Dec. 19, 1741; m. Jan. 18, 1759, Benjamin Knight
of Scituate.
493- JOB FISKE (Benjamin, John, John, Phinehas, Thomas, Robert, Simon,
Simon, William, Symond), b. Scituate, R. I., 1711; m. Mary Whitman. Daniel
Fiske's mother used to speak of the Burial service of Job that aged and honorable
man. When the Neighbours had assembled and the house was quiet at the ap-
pointed hour the minister arose and with Puritanic dignity and solemnity and a
few prefatory remarkes uttered this appropriate piece of holy writ for his text,
"so Job died being old and full of days." He d. June 15, 1798; res. Scituate, R. I.
JOB, b. July 29, 1747; m. .
THOMAS, b. Feb. 2. 1748.
JAMES, b. .
JEREMIAH, b. in 1731; m. Rebekah Pierce.
RHODA, b. May 17. 1743.
PHEBE, b. Dec. 19, 1741.
ABIGAIL, b. June 3, 1744.
LYDIA, b. Aug. I, 1745.
494. NOAH FISKE (Benjamin, John, John, Phinehas, Thomas, Robert,
Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Swanzey, Mass., 1722; m. . He
d. May 11, 1747; res. Scituate, R. I.
790. i. NOAH, b. 1743; m.
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791. ii. MOSES, b. ; m. Huldah .
792. iii. AARON, b. ; m. .
793. iv. PHINEHAS, b. .
496. CAPT. EBENEZER FISKE (Ebenezer, John, John, Phinehas,
Thomas, Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Milford, Conn., Dec. 13,
1719; m. 1746, Sarah Hart of Southington, dau. of Samuel. She d. same year; m.
2d, at Wallingford, Jan. 4, 1747, Sarah Newel, dau. of Samuel Newel and his wife
Sarah Norton, and was b. in Farmington, Conn., July 6, 1713. The father early
settled in Southington at the south part of the town, about one-half a mile north of
where Fisk settled, and was living there when Sarah was married. He was born
on the paternal estate in Milford, Conn., and removed thence to Wallingford, and
subsequently to Southingtpn. Conn., where he died. On the records he is styled
a captain, and was the possessor of a large landed estate.
From New Milford Church Record. "March 5, 1748-9 Sarah ye wife of Eben-
ezer Fisk was admited to chh. fellowship by a letter of recom: from ye Chh of X in
Southington.
Jeremiah Curtis Pastor."
126 FISKE GENEALOGY.
Capt Ebenezar born 1720 sold the last of his property in New Milford, except
two small tr^ts, in 1750, & his ist purchase at Southington, dated May i, 1750,
covering 233 acres with 3 dwellings for 5,300 pounds old tenor, seems to show
date of his removal. He lived on the same place till his death. His will gives to
sons property in Bark, Victory, Grand Isle, & Montgomery Towns, in Vermont,
& land in Southington. Also to daughters various items of personal property.
Mr. Ebenezer Fisk attended the Connecticut General Assembly in March,
May and August, in 1745, as a Representative for New Milford, Conn.
At the session of the Connecticut General Assembly held 5th to 27th of Jan.,
1769, "This assembly do establish Mr. Ebenezer Fisk to be captain of the second
company or train hand in the Parish of Southington. At the session of the Con-
necticut assembly in May, 1760, Ebenezer Fisk's dwelling and land connected,
lying between the boundary lines of Wallingford and Farmington, was annexed
and made a part of Farmington township and Southington Parish.
May, 1719, Connecticut General Assembly records. Liberty granted to Eben-
ezer Fiske of Millford administrator of the Estate of Doctor John Fiske to sell
lands to pay debts.
Vermont Historical Gazeteer Vol i pp 1045 Town of Victory containing 23,040
acres was granted Nov 6, 1780 and chartered Sept 6, 1781 to Capt. Ebenezer Fisk
and sixty-four others.
His will is as follows:
In the Name of God Amen
I Ebenezar Fisk of the Southington in the County of Flarllan and State of
Connecticut Being advanced in Years & exoused with increasing Infirmity though
of sound Mind and Memory consideiing mj^ Mortality & not knowing the Day
of My Death think it my Duty to make & Do accordingly make this my last Will
& Testament for the disposition of my worthey Estate: commending myself to
God & my Body to Christian Burial at the Discretion of my Executor in manner
following, that is to say —
Itemp's,, I give and devise to my four Grand Sons Saml, Ira, Ebenezar, &
Solomon the sons of my eldest son Ichabod Ebenezar Fisk. To each of the two
first a Right of land in the Town of Victory in the state of Vermont & to each
of the others a Right of land in the Town of Bark in S'd State to them and their
heirs for ever.
Item — I give and devise unto John Dean the only son of my son John Fisk
my Right of land in the Grand Isle socalled in said State of Vermont to him and
his heirs forever.
Items,, I give and devise unto my son Isaac Fisk two rights of Land in the
town of Montgomery in S'd State also one Right of Land in the Gore so called
on Connecticut River & all the lands I own in Company with John Nickerbocker
to him the said Isaac Fisk forever.
Item,, I give and Bequeath unto my Two Daughters Sarah Rogers & Ruth
Fisk the whole of my Household Goods & Furniture to be Divided between
them in such manner as thair Portions Considering what has he advanced to S'd
Sarah Shall be equal to them & their Heirs forever.
Item,, I devise and Bequeath unto my Son Solomon Fisk & His Heirs
forever all the right and residue of my Estate both real and Personal of every
description he paying all my Debts & Funeral Charges of Settling Estate whom
also I do hereby constitute & appoint to be sole Executor this my last Will and
Testament. In Witness whereoflf I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 9th
Day of March 1790 Signed Sealed Published Pronounced by the Testator to be
his last Will & testament in Presents of us.
John Treadwell
John Roys
Sibel Hunt
Witnesses.
Ebenezar Fisk [Seal].
He d. May 31, 1790; res. New Milford, Wallingford and Southington, Conn.
794. i. ICHABOD EBENEZER, b. Oct. 19, 1747; m. Eleanor Roberts.
795. ii. SAMUEL, b. Feb. i, 1750. He was corporal in a Connecticut
regiment during the Rev. War. and died at Ticonderoga.
796. iii. SOLOMON, b. Apr. 21, 1751: d. Oct. 31, 1757.
797. iv. JOHN, b. Sept. 24, 1752; m. Lavinia Dean.
FISKE GENEALOGY. 127
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803.
X.
SARAH, b. May 23, 1754; m. Capt. James Rogers of Waterford,
Conn., and d. s. p.
ISAAC, b. Feb. 26, 1756; m. Lucy .
SOLOMON, b. Dec. 26, 1757; m. Mary Harris.
RUTH, b. Nov. 19, 1759. She was married, but d. s. p.
HANNAH (twin of Ann), b. ; d. young.
ANN (twin of Hannah), b. ; d. young.
501. JOHN FISK (John, John, John, Phinehas, Thomas, Robert, Simon,
Simon, WiUiam, Symond), b. Haddam, Conn., June 3, 1718; m. and
Ann Tyler. John settled in Middlesex County, where a son and grandson (John)
held the offices of town clerk and clerk of the Supreme Court, in the city of Mid-
dletown, for upward of one hundred years. The latter died in 1847. Res. Middle-
town, Middlesex County and Chatham, Conn.
804. i. JOHN, b. about 1740; m. .
805. iii. HANNAH, b. Feb. 11, 1747; m. Reuben Shailer.
806. ,iv. DORCAS, b. Feb. 7, 1749; m. Solomon Tyler of Branford, Conn.
807. ii. BEZALEEL, b. 1743; m. Margaret Rockwell and Abigail Dob-
son.
808. V. ANN, b. ; m. Thomas Shailer.
809. vi. MARY, b. ; m. Abisha Smith. A son was Bezaleel Fiske
Smith of Essex, Conn., b. Jan., 1799.
503. BENJAMIN FISK (John, John, John, Phinehas, Thomas, Robert,
Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Haddam, Conn., Dec. 17, 1723; m.
. He gr. at Yale in 1747. Res. Chatham, Conn.
810. i. JOHN, b. . He res. in Middletown, Conn., and d. before
1818.
811. ii. SAMUEL, b. . He d. unm.; was a tutor at Yale, where he
was graduated, and died irom overwork.
523. EBENEZER FISKE (Ebenezer, William, William, William, John,
William, Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Andover, Mass., 1730; m.
Elizabeth Richardson. Ebenezer Fisk (1730-1784) was a farmer, a confessed
Christian, and had eleven children. He was in the Continental army for some
time. A brief biographical sketch (in Ms.) is in the hands of Rev. D. M. Fisk,
written by Oliver Blake Fisk. The powder-horn carried by Ebenezer Fisk at
Bunker Hill, and preserved by his son Isaac, was given by the grandson Walter
W. [youngest child, deceased 1872] to [Rev.] Daniel Moses Fisk, and is in his
possession at the present time, Sept., 1895. He d. Mar., 1784, in Boscowan, N. H. ;
res. Tewksbury, Mass.
812. i. WILLIAM, b. Mar. 24, 1754; m. Rachel .
ELIZABETH, b. Aug. 13, 1756-7; d. Oct. 23, 1756-7.
ABIGAIL, b. June 23, 1758.
JONATHAN, b. Nov. 13, 1759. He was a soldier in the Rev-
olutionary Army, and was killed at the battle of Bunker Hill.
BENJAMIN, b. Jan. 2, 1762; m. Lydia Kitteridge.
RUTH. b. July 14. 1764.
SAMUEL, b. June 4, 1767; m. .
ISAAC, b. Aug. 27, 1769; m. Molly Severance.
DAVID, b. Mar. i, 1772; m. Lydia Morse.
EPHRAIM, b. Apr. 19, 1774; m. Sally Morse.
HANNAH, b. Mar. 13. 1779.
EBENEZER, b. ; m. . He died of poison in the
war of 1812, at the hands of a woman while on a scout.
524. EPHRAIM FISKE (Ebenezer, William, William, William, John, Will-
iam, Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. about 1732; m. Mehitable Frost,
b. 1744. Ephraim Fiske came from Tewksbury, Mass., A. D. 1772, or 1773, and
settled in the northwesterly part of Concord, N. H., near the Hopkinton line. He
had been married to Mehitable Frost. When her son Ephraim was born she was
thirteen and a half years old. She used to ask her mother to tend her baby while
she went out with the children to play. A person asked her how old she was
when her first child was born? She replied: "Thirteen and a half years old and
what is that to you?" Mr. Fiske and his son Ephraim were soldiers in the Rev-
813.
ii.
814.
ni.
815.
IV.
816.
V.
817.
VI.
818.
Vll.
819.
Vlll.
820.
IX.
821.
X.
822.
XI.
823.
Xll.
128 FISKE GENEALOGY.
olutionary War. Both were in the battle of Bennington. Ephraim, Sr., signed the
following with others at Concord, N. H., in 1775: "We, the Subscribers, do
hereby solemnly engage and promise that we will, to the utmost of our Power, at
the Risque of our lives and Fortunes, with Arms, oppose the Hostile Proceed-
ings of the British Fleets and Armies against the United American Colonies."
He d. about 1825; res. Tewksbury, Mass., and Concord, N. H.
824. i. EPHRAIM, b. T., Aug. 27, 1758; m. Martha Sawyer.
823. ii. SOLOMON, b. ; d. young.
826. iii. MEHITABLE, b.
827. iv. EBENEZER, b. Jan. 26, 1766; m. Sarah Blanchard.
828. V. SARAH, b. .
829. vi. LYDIA, b. .
830. vii. DANIEL, b. .
831. viii. SOLOMON, b. .
832. ix. JONATHAN, b. .
833. X. BETSEY, b. .
834. xi. REBECCA, b. .
835. xii. JOSEPH, b. .
529. MAJOR JOHN FISKE (Josiah, Samuel, William, William, John, Will-
iam, Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Cumberland, R. I., Feb. 20,
1729; m. in C. May 5, 1755, Mary Bartlett. He was appointed administrator of his
father's estate in 1773. He d. Feb. 12, 1789; res. Cumberland, R. I.
836. i. SQUIRE, b. Jan. 10, 1756; m. Amey Lapham.
837. ii. POLLY, b. June 24, 1758; m. in C, Oct. 12, 1775, William Whit-
aker of C.
838. iii. JOHN, b. Oct. 24, 1760; m. Abigail Ballou.
839. iv. CHLOE, b. Feb. 18, 1763.
840. V. FREELOVE, b. Feb. 18, 1766.
841. vi. DARIUS, b. May 7, 1768; m. Patty Darling.
842. vii. LUCENA, b. July ^i, 1770; m. Jan. 6, 1791, in C, John Hill.
533. JONATHAN FISK (Josiah, Samuel, William, William, John, William,
Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Aug. 13, 1739, Rhode Island; m.
Hannah , b. Nov. 18, 1743, d. Sept. 17, 1814. Jonathan Fisk, the oldest
Fisk of this branch, lived three miles from Schuylerville on the Hudson, Saratoga
County, New York, in a log house. He was born in Rhode Island, but whether
all his children were born there it cannot be ascertained. It has been stated that
all of this family of twelve children except one lived over 70 years, and that the
exception was not a natural death. During the Revolutionary War he served in
the Connecticut line. Soon after the war he moved to New York State with his
family. On Mar. ji, 1820, the government granted him a pension, and he was
yj years of age. This would make his birth in 1743. He d. Dec. 22, 1816; res.
Rhode Island and Schuylerville, N. Y.
JONATHAN, b. Feb. 12, 1760; m. Mercy Robinson.
HANNAH, b. May 4, 1762.
HULDAH, b. July 19, 1765.
MARTHA, b. Aug. 13, 1767.
DAVID, b. June 17, 1769; m. Mary Green.
DOSHE, b. July 20, 1771-
CLOAH, b. Apr. 13, 1774.
LYDIA, b. May 19, 1776.
EZRA, b. Apr. 26, 1778; m. Lydia Hannibal.
ABIGAIL, b. May 3, 1780.
STEPHEN, b. May i, 1782: m. Hannah Curry.
BENJAMIN, b. July 5, 1788; m. Rebecca . They settled
in Arcadia, Wayne Co., N. Y., and both died there. They had
only two children, and both died in infancy.
537. JOSEPH FISKE (Mark, Joseph. William, William, John, William, Rob-
ert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Ipswich, Mass., 1741; m. J"n. 29, 1763.
Eleanor Abbott; m. 2d, Jan. 9, 1767, Margaret Hobbs (on church and town records
it is Sarah Hobbs). Res. Ipswich, Mass., and New Ipswich, N. H.
Mark Fisk & wife Eleanor, of Ipswich yeoman mortgaged to Benj Dutch of
Ips yeoman 30 acres of his homestead land in Ips with his dwelling house &c
843.
844.
u.
«45-
ni.
846.
IV.
847.
V.
848.
VI.
849.
vn.
8.S0.
vni.
8.S1.
IX.
8.S2.
X.
85.r
XI.
854.
xn.
FISKE GENEALOGY. 129
856.
ii.
857.
in.
858.
IV.
S.SQ.
V.
860.
VI.
861.
Vll,
bounded by land of Dan'l Chapman county road Joseph Aletcalf & Fs 'other land
May 7 1763-
Mark Fisk & wife Eleanor of Ipswich yeoman Sold to John Colef of Ipswich
a certain farm, house & barn, lying in Line brook parish Ips'h bounded by Joseph
Metcalf Meadow of Capt Stamford & Daniel RendgeWm Hobson, Dan'l Chapman
& county road 70 acres more or less Oct 28 1763.
855. i. ELEANOR, b. Oct. 28, 1764; m. Aug. i, 1783, Joshua Jackson
of Rowley.
JOSEPH, b. Sept. 5, 1767; m. Margaret Clark.
BENJAMIN, b. Nov. 15, 1768; m. .
SARAH, b. Jan. 18, 1770; m. Feb. 7, 1800, John Hutchins of
Londonderry. ,^ .-. ,-1 '.^ , . ^■
LYDIA, b. Feb. 29. 1776.-?^ OoA*^ >N Va^X^aa/u-. --'^ t:-
ELIZABETH, b. Jan. g, 1772.
MARK, b. June 21, 1778; m. Eleanor Wilson and Mrs. Elizabeth
(Stark) Kidder.
541. JOHN FISK (Mark, Joseph, William, William, John, William, Robert,
Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Kennebunk, Me., 1755; m. there Wake-
field, she d. in Kennebunk; m. 2d there Comfort Stover. She was b. 1752; d. at
Waterboro, Mar. 16, 1824. He was born in Kennebunk, Me., where he resided
and was married. In 1801 he sold his farm and the followmg year moved to
Waterboro, where he afterwards resided and where he died. He d. Apr. 26, 1825;
res. Kennebunk and Waterboro, Me.
862. i. JOHN, b. Apr. 28, 1786; m. Sarah Coffin and Nancy Davis.
863. ii. MARK, b. ; died in infancy.
864. iii. MARK, b. .
865. iv. POLLY, b. ; m. John Sharpies of Kennebunk, Me.
They resided there; he went to Norfolk, Va., and never re-
turned. Ch. : Mary, m. Caleb Kimball of Lyman, Me. She
d. in Somerville, Mass., and was buried at Lyman. Abigail
m. Moses Gowen and Daniel Walker. She d. in Boston.
Charles. He was born in Kennebunk, Me. Went to Norfolk,
Va., to find his father and never heard from again.
866. v. BETSEY, b. ; m. John Simpson of Kennebunk, Me., and
res. there. She m. 2d, David Davis of Alfred, Me.; m. 3d,
Nathan Ramond. He d. s. p. Ch. George. He died unm. on
board ship while en route from the West Indies to Boston of
yellow fever. John. He was with his brother George and died
about the same time of the same disease. Samuel Davis, died
in Alfred, Me. Betsey, m. Col. Elisha Littlefield of Alfred.
She d. in Lyman.
867. vi. ABIGAIL, b. ; m. John Kimball of Kennebunk, Me.; res.
Denmark, Me. Ch. : Nathaniel, d. in Denmark. John, d. in
Denmark. William, drowned while skating on the ice in Den-
mark. Abram, d. in Denmark. Charles, d. in Denmark.
868 . vii. LUCY, b. ; m. Richard Bean. Ch.. Mary, m. Oliver
Hanson; res. Waterboro and Gorham, Me. Sally, m. John
Thwing of Waterboro. John, m. Abigail White; res. Port-
land, Me. Joseph, m. Julia Cook: res. Waterboro. Brad-
ford, m. Louisy Coffin; res. Waterboro. Susan, m.
Kimball and Seth Scribner; res. Waterboro.
869. viii. SALLY, b. ; m. Moody Pike: res. Great Falls, N. H.
Lizzie, b. Waterboro, Me. Sinthy, m. Albert Haggett of Low-
ell; had one son Albert. Julia, m. twice; her second husband
was a Perry of Lowell. Jane, m. Freeman Brigham;
had one ch. and res. in Lowell, Mass. Alpheus, d. unm. in
Great Falls. Sarah, d. in Dover. Charles, d. in Dover, N. H.
_ 543- BENJAMIN FISKE (Theophilus, Theophilus, William, William. John,
William, Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Ipswich, Mass., Oct. 30,
1738; m. Nov. 19, 1769, Sarah Towne of Topsfield, dau. of Joshua. She was b. 1747,
d. Dec. 27, 1831. He died soon after his marriage, and his widow lived 59 years
after his decease. She was a cloth weaver, leaving a web in her loom unfinished at
9
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her death. It is said that those who chanced to pass her residence, early or late,
always heard her weaving and singing. Estate of Benjamin Fiske of Topsfield
admn. was granted to Sarah Fiske June i, 1772. Inventory of his estate taken
July 4, 1772. Five acres of land with the house and barn, 15 acres of meadow in
Wenham, four acres of woodland in Boxford, etc.; made oath to by Mrs. Sarah
Fisk, the admr., July 2, 1772. He d. May i, 1772; res. Ipswich, Mass.
870. i. SARAH, b. ; d. May 15, 1770.
871. ii. SARAH, bap. Nov. 7, 1773: m. Sept. 20, 1792, John Conant, Jr.,
and died Feb. 25, 1830. He then m. Rebecca Baker, and d.
Apr., 1859, ae. 87. Ch. : John, b. Oct. 5, 1793, d. Jan. 16, 1867,
leaving six children. Sally, b. Oct. 5, 1796; m. James G. Ray-
mond; res. No. Beverly; her son, John, was colonel in. the
Civil War. Harriett, m. Benjamin Kent of Danvers. Benja-
min F., d. s. p. Irene d. young.
544. NATHANIEL FISKE (Theophilus, Theophilus, William, William,
John, William, Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Wenham, Mass.,
Mar., 1741 ; m. in Danvers, Feb. 27, 1764, Lydia Gould, dau. of Solomon and Eliz-
abeth (Robinson) Gould, b. June 11, 1743, d. Apr. 25, 1809. Nathaniel Fiske, son
of Theophilus, Jr., married Lydia Gould. He was a soldier during the Revolu-
tionary War, was in the battle at Bunker Hill, and was with Washington at Valley
Forge. He had six sons. He resided at Danvers and Topsfield, and died, leaving
considerable property. His son and executor was Nathaniel. Lydia Gould of
Topsfield had a brother, John Gould, who lived in that town. Nathaniel and wife
owned the covenant of the church in Topsfield, where most of their children's
baptisms are recorded; but the births of Ruth, John, and first Lydia are recorded
on the records of Danvers. They finally settled in Topsfield, about half a mile
from Wenham line, the house being the first after crossing the causeway from
Wenham. He died, and was buried by the side of this wife in Topsfield.
Nathaniel Fisk of Topsfield yeoman made his will Nov. 2^, 1813, which was
proved Apr. 17. 1815. Son Benj. had already received a part of his portion. Son
Moses had rec'd most of his portion, Son Ebenezer Son John deceased left a son
Elbridge, Daughter Ruth was then wife of Elijah Perkins Son David (perhaps the
youngest son) & Son Nath'l had a residue & were Executors Inv. of the Estate
June 7, 181 5. Homestead about 30 acres, meadow & woodland in Danvers about
12 acres & 272 acres in Boxford amt $3695.66.
An acct. of Executor N & Eb Fisk July 2, 1816. Bal $976.03.
He d. Apr. 9, 1815; res. Danvers and Topsfield, Mass.
872. i. NATHANIEL, b. in Wenham, Dec. 2, 1764; m. Mehitable Balch.
JOHN, b. Aug. 18, 1769; m. Huldah Woodbury.
BENJAiSIIN, b. Aug. 17, 1774; m. Lydia Hobbs.
MOSES, b. Aug. 20. 1777; m. Sukey Platts.
EBENEZER, b. 1775; d. Dec. 27, 1849; m. in 1805, Mary Cleaves
Dodge, dau. of George and Mary (Cleaves) Dodge, and grand-
dau. of George and ]\Iartha (Fiske) Dodge, who was b. May 16,
1781, and d. 5lar. 27, 1852. No children. Was a trader in Bev-
erly, Mass., and New York City. They are both deceased, he
suddenly in the western part of the state of New York while
they were there on business; and they had no issue.
877. vi. DAVID, b. Nov. 24, 1783; m. Nancy Baker.
878. vii. RUTH, b. May 10, 1767, and bap. fourteen days after; m. Nov.
20, 1794, Elijah Perkins; settled in that part of Topsfield called
the "Perkins district," which is near Hamilton; and had Dud-
ley, who m. a Sally Perkins, and had children i, Lydia, who
m. first, John Ray, and second, a William Perkins, and had
children by both husbands. 2, Daniel, who m. first, Rosamond,
a sister to Lydia's husband, and second, Charlotte Towne, and
one of his children is Elijah Perkins, the artist of Salem. 3,
Huldah, who m. Thomas Ferguson, of Topsfield, and had chil-
dien; and 4, Abigail, who m. Ebenezer Peabody, of Topsfield,
by whom she had children.
879. viii. LYDIA. bap. Mar. i. 1772; d. May 16. 1777.
880. ix. LYDIA. b. Feb. 26; bap. Apr. 23, 1780: d. young.
873.
ii.
874.
in.
•iyh.
IV.
876.
v.
FISKE GENEALOGY. 131
545. SAMUEL FISKE (Theophilus, Theophilus, William, William, John,
William, Robert, Simon, Simon. William, Symond), b. Ipswich, Mass., 1748; m.
Mar. 8, 1772, Sarah Perkins. She d. 1810. Samuel, son of Theophilus, Jr., and
Jemima Fiske, married Sarah Perkins, of Topsfield. He was executor of his
father's will and residuary legatee; had the homestead, where he resided many
years, and sold out to Jacob Towne. His son, Waldo G. Towne, occupied the
place. He died in that town. He d. Apr. 15, 1826; res. Ipswich, Mass.
881. i. SAMUEL, b. May 7, 1773; ni. Sarah Patch.
882. ii. EZRA, b. Jan. 7, 1776"; m. Polly Lakeman.
883. iii. SARAH, b. May 3, 1785; m. Nov. 20. 1805, Samuel Fornace. She
was b. June 9, 1781; d. Jan. 14, 1865. He was a native of Bev-
erly, a seaman, who d. Apr., 1815, and she remained a widow
in that town. Her children were Samuel, who was a seaman,
unm. Charles, also a seaman, b. Aug. 3, 1810, who m., but his
wife d. without issue. Eleanor H., who d. about 1855, was b.
Oct. 23, 1812; m. Oliver O. Brown, who resided in Beverly,
by whom she had Benjamin, a clerk m a store in Boston
(where the other sons were employed), b. about 1831; Ellen,
who m. Augustus Cheever; Charles, Joseph, and George, who
v/as b. about 1850. Sarah, b. Oct. 21, 1814, who resided in Bev-
erly, m. Thomas Welch about i860, who d. in the army in
1863; she had no children.
549. JOHN FISKE (Ebenezer, Ebenezer, William, William, John, William,
Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. in Grafton, Sept. 27, 1757; m. Anna
Leland. Res. .
884. i. HORACE, b. : d. unm., in Phil.
550. SIMEON FISKE (Ebenezer, Ebenezer, William, William, John, Will-
iam, Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond). b. Hardwick, Mass., July 15, 1762;
m. Jan. 20, 1784, Dinah Whitcomb, b. 1761. She d. in Goshen, N. Y., 1845. He
d. 1838; res. Shelburne, Mass., and Goshen, N. Y.
885. i. EZRA, b. Jan. 10, 1785: m. Cummins; graduated at Will-
iams College in 1809; studied theology under Rev. Dr. Pack-
ard, of Shelburne, and was ordained as an Evangelist in 1810.
He preached as a missionary in Georgia for two or three
years, and there he married a daughter of the venerable Dr.
Francis Cummins. In 1813 he was permanently settled in the
ministry at Goshen, N. Y.. where he sustained a beloved pas-
toral relation with his people for upward ol twenty years, when
he was compelled, by an affection of the lungs, to intermit his
labors, and seek relief by a winter's residence at the South.
During his absence he was appointed to but declined the ofhce
of General Agent of and elected Professor of Ecclesiastical
History and Church Government, in the Western Theological
Seminary in Pennsylvania, which position, upon his return
north, he accepted. On the 4th of November, 1833, while on
the way to his new field of labor, he was taken suddenly and
fatally ill, at Philadelphia, just after the close of an impressive
discourse. Sabbath evening, from the text (Col. i. 12) "Giv-
ing thanks," etc. Dr. Ezra Fiske was moderator of the Pres-
byterian General Assembly, in 1833; was long a director of
Princeton Theological Seminary, and from 1823 to 1833 was a
trustee of Williams College. He received his doctorate from
Hamilton College, and was highly esteemed for his ripe schol-
arship, for the acumen and strength of his mind, and for his
Christian integrity. He was the author of several published
sermons and a valuable series of essays on Mental Science.
Few men were better read in the Hebrew and Classics, and
in the realm of Mental Philosophy he had no superiors in his
church. As a preacher he was always master of his theme and
audience. His style was logical, polished, always forcible, and
at times impassioned; his eloquence, the rich overflow of a well-
stored mind sanctified by grace. He labored to win souls, not
to himself but to Christ, and not many have had more seals to
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their ministry. Nearly six hundred sound and permanent cun-
versions were the fruits of his devoted labors. In his ais-
courses he was accustomed to address both the understanding
and the feelings, the reason and the passions of men. To a
personal dignity and nobleness of manner, he added a purity
of purpose, sweetness of temper and benignity of heart irresist-
ibly fascinating. No one ever doubted his piety, his sincerity
or devotion; and he lived in Goshen twenty years without mak-
ing a personal enemy, and departed thence universally regretted
and beloved. He d. in 1833, leaving no children behind him.
886. ii. PETER, b. Feb. 15, 1787. He was a physician in Montague,
Mass., and d. unm.
887. iii. SIMEON, b. July 2, 1788. He was a merchant in Western Geor-
gia, and d. unm.
888. iv. JONATHAN, b. Oct. 18, 1790; m. Susanna Williams, Mrs. Maria
Roberts and Releafy Blood.
889. V. HARRIETT, b. ; m. Gillespie.
553. JONATHAN FISKE (Ebenezer, Ebenezer, William, William, John,
William, Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Shelburne, Mass., Sept. 9,
1746; m. Jan. 18, 1770, Hannah Rice of Hardwick, Mass.. b. July 26, 1747, dau. of
Phinehas and Hannah Cummins. He was in the Rev. War. (See Rev. record.)
Res. Shelburne, Mass.
890. i. JONATHAN, b. Sept. 27, 1775.
891. ii. ASA, b. July 13, 1771.
892. iii. SOLOMON, b. May 2, 1773.
554. EBENEZER FISKE (Ebenezer, Ebenezer, William, William, John,
William, Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Shelburne, Mass., Sept. 9,
1749; m. Sarah Barnard, b. July, 1754, d. Apr. 15, 1816. A pious and worthy couple
they were greatly blessed and honored in their children. He d. June 9, 1841, ae.
92; res. Shelburne, Mass.
893. i. RUFUS, b. ]\Iar. 22, 1781; m. Hannah Woodward.
894. ii. SARAH, b. May 17, 1784; m. Mar. 13, 1814, Abijah Forbush
(Samuel, Samuel, Thomas, Thomas, Daniel), b. Upton, May
II, 1779; d. June 2T, 1845. She d. Feb. 3, 1854. Res. Shel-
burne, Mass. Ch.: Catherine, b. Apr. 24, 1815; d. May 11, 1843.
Sarah Barnard, b. Oct. 20, 1816; d. May 17. 1858. Lucy Whit-
ney, b. May 2, 1818; m. 1840, Edmund Skinner, d. 1842. Rufus,
b. Oct. I, 1820: m. 1841; d. 1846. Alfred, b. Dec. 19, 1822; d.
Mar. II, 1825; Jane, b. Sept. 12, 1826; d. Apr. 2, 1842.
895. iii. EBENEZER, b. Apr. 18, 1785; m. Hannah Terrill.
896. iv. LOVINA, b. July 8, 1787; descendant is Mrs. Elizabeth Beals,
Batavia, N. Y.
897. v. LEVI, b. Feb. 21, 1790; m. Cynthia Coleman.
898. vi. PLINY, b. June 24, 1792. Pliny Fisk, missionary, was born in
Shelburne, Mass., and died in Beyrut, Syria, Oct. 23, 1825. He
was graduated at Middlebury College in 1814, and at Andover
Theological Seminary in 1818. He was appointed, with Levi
Parsons, by the American board, to the Palestine Mission, in
1818, and sailed from Boston for Smyrna, Nov. 3, 1819. On
his arrival in Smyrna, he spent some time in perfecting his
knowledge of the oriental languages, and then traveled through
Egypt, Arabia, Palestine and Syria, preaching, holding confer-
ence meetings and distributing copies of the Bible. He resided
at various times in Jerusalem, Damascus, Antioch, Alexandria
and Beyrut where he died. After traveling extensively in
Greece, Egypt, Palestine and Syria, he joined, in May, 1825,
the mission already established at Beyrut, and died there of
fever in the following October. Mr. Fisk was eminently fitted
to be a missionary in the east, as he preached in Italian, French,
Greek and Arabic. On the day of his death, he completed an
"English and Arabic dictionary," and wrote numerous papers
for the "Missionary Herald." A life of Pliny Fisk was pub-
lished by Alvin Bond (Boston, 1828).
899. vii. JOHN, b. May 2, 1795; d. Apr. 18, 1819.
FISKE GENEALOGY. 133
900. viii. RUTH, b. July 19, 1797. Descendants are Mrs. Lucy Graves
and Mrs. Sarah Barnard, Shelburne, Mass.
557. DEA. MOSES FISKE (Ebenezer, Ebenezer, William, William, John,
William, Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Shelburne, Mass., Sept. 13,
1764; m. June 2, 1789. Hannah Batchelor, b. Upton, May 14, 1770; d. Waitsfield,
Vt., in 1854. Moses Fiske, youngest son of Ebenezer and Dorcas Fiske, of Shel-
burne, married Hannah Batchelor, and settled in Waitsfield, Vt, where he and
wife were among the original members of the Congregational Church, of which
he was also a deacon for forty-five years. To them were born twelve children,
the eldest dying young. He d. Feb. 5, 1847; res. Waitsfield, Vt.
901. i. JOEL, b. July 16, 1790; d. July 18, 1795.
902. ii. PERRIN B.. b. July 6, 1792; m. Azubah Blaisdell.
903. iii. MOSES, b. July 25, 1794; m. and Rebecca Ferrin.
904. iv. JOEL (2d), b. Oct. 26, 1790; m. Clarinda Chapman.
905. v. HARVEY, b. Apr. 12, 1799; m. Anna Mary Plumb.
906. vi. LYMAN, b. Oct. 15, 1801 ; m. Mary SpofTord.
907. vii. BETSEY, b. May 8, 1804; m. 1847, Phinehas Bailey. She d. Feb.
23, 1847. Ch. : One child died young. Arabella Paulina, b.
1842; d. 1852. Louisa Marietta, b. 1844; m. Rev. Joel F. Whit-
ney (see). Abbot Fisk, b. 1847; d. 1847.
908. viii. ANSON, b. Oct. 31, 1806; m. Joanna Barnard.
909. ix. JONATHAN, b. May 6, 1809; m. Mary A. Imlay.
910. X. ELVIRA ELIZA, b. Aug. 20, 181 1; m. at Waitsfield, Vt., Mar.
3, 1840, Dea. John Russell Whitney, b. Wadham's Mills, N. Y.,
Apr. 18, 1813. She d. Apr. 22, 1892. John R. Whitney was
born on the farm, owned and occupied by him till his death,
about one mile north of Wadham's Mills. His father, John
Whitney, was one of the pioneers who settled that region early
in the present century, coming about 1808. Among these set-
tlers were Benjamin Whitney and Daniel Safford, who married
Sally Whitney. John was a shoemaker by trade. He was one
of the pioneers in the temperance cause, and his house, still
standing, was the first building in that region raised without
intoxicating liquor (1829). He, with others, responded to the
call for the militia in 1812-14, but arrived at Plattsburg too late
to participate in the fight. Taken away ni the prime of life,
1834, he left an honored name to his family. After the death of
his father, John Russell Whitney was obliged to assume the care
of the home, and lived with his widowed mother several years.
He was married, Mar. 3, 1840, to Elmina E. Fisk, daughter
of Dea. Moses Fisk, of Waitsfield, Vt. Having been deprived
of educational privileges in his younger days, he was deter-
m.ined to give his family every possible advantage, often mak-
ing great sacrifices to secure school privileges to his children;
for several winters he had a family school. He was deeply
interested in the Congregational church at Wadham's Mills,
of which he became a member at the early age of fourteen.
He was elected deacon about 1863, to fill a vacancy caused
by the death of the senior deacon, and held this ofifice till his
death in 1880. He was especially active in all church afifairs,
and did much for the maintenance of public service. Enjoying
the advantages provided for them, his children sought to im-
prove themselves, and have all honored the name and memory
of their parents. Dea. Whitney passed away after a severe and
painful illness of heart disease. He d. July 23, 1880; res. Wad-
ham's Mills, N. Y. Ch.: i, Elizabeth Hannah, b. Jan. 11, 1841;
d. Mar. 11, 1865. 2, Marietta thankful, b. Feb. 2, 1842: m. Oct.
3, 1866, Rev. A. T. Clarke; res. Shelby, Ala.; ch., Almon Tay-
lor, b. Oct. 7, 1867: m. Elizabeth Perry; res. Parishville, N. Y.;
Susan Elmira, b. Dec. 17, 1872; Maud Elizabeth, b. Nov. 10,
1875; John Paul, b. Oct. 17, 1880: Harvey Fisk, b. May 13,
1883; Lena M., b. Mar. i, 1886. 3, Joel Fisk, b. Mar. 30, 1843;
m. Louisa M. Bailey; clergyman; res. Coventry ville, N. Y. 4,
134 FISKE GENEALOGY.
Sarah L.. b. Sept. 4, 1844: m. Sept. 4, 1873, Edward D. Sturte-
vant. and d. s. p. Apr. i, 1874. 5, John R., b. July 29, 1847; m.
Lena Groll; res. Garnett, Kan. 6, Moses Fisk, b. Apr. 18,
1849; m. Ella Burt; res. Walpole, Mass. 7, Lemuel, b. Dec. 12,
1850; res. Wadham's Mills, N. Y. 8, Rosabelle. b. May 15, 1853;
m. Oct. 6, 1877, Rev. Wm. H. Wolcott; res. Moreno, Cal.; ch.,
Lucy, b. 1878: Sarah A., b. 1881; Vernon H., b. 1882. 9, El-
mina Eliza, b. Sept. 7, 1855; res. Wadham's Mills. (See
Whitney Genealogy by Fred C. Pierce.)
911. xi. HORACE ALONZO. b. Aug. 20, 181 1; m. and d. Aug. 29, 1851,
s. p. at Waterville, Vt.
912. xii. EMILY, b. Jan. 12, 1817; d., unm., May 25, 1891.
563. JUDGE JONATHAN FISKE (William, Ebenezer, William, William,
John, William, Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Wenham, Mass., May
I, 1751; m. Nov. 26, 1772, Mrs. Mary Bragg, b. 1752, d. 1826. Jonathan Fiske, the
eldest son of William Fiske, Sr., of Amherst, established himself in the northwest
parish of that town, since known as Alt. Vernon. After a few years he removed
thence to Francestown, N. H., where he resided several years, and where his
younger children were born. In 1790 he was chosen deacon of the Congregational
church in Francestown and officiated in that capacity until 1794, when in September
he removed to Williamstown, Vt., where he seems to have in time acquired pop-
ularity and social influence, to have been again elected deacon and to various other
offices, which he filled to the general satisfaction of his constituents.
A correspondent writes: "Judge Fiske was a justice of the peace and town
clerk in Williamstown from my earliest recollection until a brief period before
his death, and as such made public all the marriages, and did most of the marry-
ing. He represented that town in the state legislature, I think, over twenty years
in succession, and afterward at various times. He was also judge of probate
at an early date, and continued in that office until his sight failed and until too old
and otherwise infirm to discharge its duties. He was also a deacon in the Congre-
gational church at Williamstown further back than I can remember, and when he
died his mantle fell on two of his worthy sons now living." From a file of the
Wenham records it appears that Judge Jonathan Fiske was married to Mrs. Mary
Bragg by Rev. Joseph Swain in Dec, 1772. They were the parents of twelve chil-
dren, eight sons and five daughters, all of whom except one matured, married, and
had families, and all excepting three lived to be over seventy years of age. Their
grandchildren number upward of seventy, fifty-three of whom are still living
(1867), including the fourth generation. Their living descendants will probably
reach one hundred souls. Judge Fiske, after living to see his children all married
and comfortably settled in life, died in 1825 — his wife the following year — both at
the age of seventy-four. Their closing days were spent with their son, Samuel,
who then resided in Berlin, Vt., and after their deaths their remains were taken
to Northfield for burial. The sons, Nathaniel, William, John, Samuel, and daugh-
ters Elizabeth and Anna were married by their father in Williamstown, where most
of the family appear to have originally settled. Some of them afterward removed
to Northfield, where a number of their descendants yet remain, Amherst, N. H.,
is situated in Hillsborough County, forty-seven miles from Boston and twenty-
eight from Concord, the state capital. The town had its origm in a grant of the
general court of Massachusetts to the surviving officers and soldiers of the Nar-
ragansett war and to the posterity of those now living. The claimants had seven
towns awarded them. Amherst was principally settled by people from Wenham
and adjoining towns and incorporated in 1760. In 1771 Amherst became the shire
town of Hillsborough County, and after many years was one of the most flourir.h-
ing villages in the state. Its residents contained many people who later attained
prominence in the state and nation, among the number being President Franklin
Pierce, Horace Greeley and Daniel Webster.
He d, 1825; res. Amherst, N. H.. and Williamstown, Vt.
913. i. JONATHAN, b. Sept. 6, 1773; m. Livingston.
914. ii. NATHANIEL, b. July 6, 1775; m. Mehitable Bates and
915, iii. WILLIAM R., b. May 30, 1779; m. Hannah Martin.
916. iv. MARY, b. May 13. 1781; m. Feb. 27, 1800, Daniel Worthington.
They removed about 1830 to Wisconsin. They had eleven
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children, and subsequently scattered through the states. They
are now dead. Daniel Worthington died in Oconomowoc,
Wis., Mar., 1866. His wife died there in the spring of 1851.
One of their sons was a presiding elder in the M. E. Church
for several years. Two daughters have resided at Northfield,
and one of them is the wife of a clergyman in the same denomi-
nation. Ch.: Huldah, b. July 31, 1801; Elijah, b. July 31, 1803;
Sophia, b. Apr. 9, 1805: Lyman, b. Feb. 16, 1807; Mary, b. Sept.
26, 1808: Rhoda, b. June 18, 1811; Daniel, b. Feb. 3, 1813;
David, b. Feb. 13, 1815; Theodore, b. May 17, 1817; Elias, b.
July 16, 1819; d. Jan. 12, 1824: Francis, b. Feb. 3, 1822; d. Sept.
2, 1823. Huldah Worthington, eldest daughter of Mary Fiske,
was married to John Richardson, a farmer, at Northfield, Dec.
19, 1821. They had seven children, named Sarah Sophia,
George Martin, John H., Marshal S., George Sullivan, Mary
Jane, Daniel W. John Richardson d. Mar. 6, 1834. Widow
Huldah was married to Rev. Hosea Clark in June, 1838. They
had Lucia Ann and Stephen A. Clark. The latter was an of^cer
in Sherman's army. John H. and Daniel W. Richardson mar-
ried. The former had four and the latter two children. Elijah
Worthington married in Stafford, Vt., Emily Rand, a school
teacher. They had but one child, Francis, born at Northfield.
Elijah emigrated west and died at Hart Prairie, Wis., June 4,
1858. He was a minister and farmer. Sophia Worthmgton
married at Northfield Nathan S. Green, a manufacturer, May
7, 1833. They had three children, Mary Sophia, George and
Charles, born at Northfield. Also two grandchildren. Lyman
Worthington married, at Norwich, Vt., Caroline Blood, a
school teacher. He was a millwright by trade. They had
three children, Susan A., George and Charles, who are now m
the West. Their father died in Michigan. Mary Worthmgton
married at Northfield Moses Lane, a farmer. May 2, 1833. She
resided in Northfield. Rhoda Worthington married, in North-
field, Gilnian Cummings, a farmer, at Metuchen, N. J. They
had three children, Elvira, George T. (was a Union soldier)
and Daniel. Daniel Worthington, Jr., married, at Northfield,
Miss Ann Paine, a teacher, in May, 1835. They had one child,
Frances, born in 1837. He resided in Chicago, 111. His daugh-
ter Frances, married a Mr. Hall. They had three or four chil-
dren. Rev. David Worthington in early life identified him-
self with the M. E. Church, and at the early age of twenty-two
entered upon the work of the ministry. His labors in this call-
ing were mostly confined to the limits of the Iowa conference,
where his zeal and talents soon placed him in the front rank
of the clergy of that state. Several years since Mr. Worthmg-
ton received the appointment of presiding elder for Mt. Pleas-
?nt district, and was continued in that position until his death,
by consumption, which took place in Mar., 1866. A sound
preacher, and a devoted evangelist, he went to his grave
according to his wish with the harness on. Mr. Worthington
was twice married, and left four children by his first wife,
Arinda Lee, the eldest of whom. Jason, died while in the service
of his country during the late war. Theodore Worthington
was a farmer and lived in Oconomowoc, Wis., and had a
family.
917. v. JOHN, b. Feb. 24, 1783; m. Elizabeth Martin.
018 vi. BENJAMIN, b. Nov. 17. 1784: m. Hannah Herrick.
Q19. vii. ELIZABETH, b. Oct. 15. 1786; m. Apr. 18. 1811, Miles Steb-
bins at Williamstown. They had two children: i, Miles J., b.
Apr. 29, 1813: 2, Pamela, b. Oct. 24, 1816. Miles J. Stebbins
was married to Mehitable Olds at Williamstown, Sept. 21, 1844.
One child, George, b. Jan. 29, 1845- Pamela Stebbins was mar-
ried to Lyman Capron at Williamstown, Jan. 7, 1837. Ch : i,
13f> FISKE GENEALOGY.
Lucy E., b. Dec. 19. 1843; 2, Dorcas A., b. Sept. 8, 1845: 3,
May L., b. Nov. 29, 1851; 4, Martha L., b. Feb. 28, 1854. Miles
Stebbins, the husband of Betsy Fiske, died in WilUamstown
about the time his youngest brother was born, and Betsy re-
sided there a widow. She was the only daughter of Judge
Fiske, who attained a venerable age.
920. viii. SARAH, b. Sept. 17, 1788; m. May 9, 1826, John White, of New
Hampshire. They had born to them two daughters, Martha
M. and Mary A. White. The first married John D., a son of
Benjamin Fiske, elsewhere spoken of. Mary A. White was
married to O. J. Walden, June 28, 1852. Ch. : i, John H., b.
May 15, 1853; d. October 12, 1862. 2, Frederick W., b. Sept.
16, 1855; d. Sept. 28, 1862. 3, Charles E., b. November 15, 1857;
d. Oct. I, 1862. 4, Frances, b. Aug. 14, 1863. 5, Elizabeth, b.
Dec. 5, 1864. Mr. White removed to Black Rock, N. Y., in
1833, where he d. Oct. 8, 1839. His widow, Sarah, died there
Nov. 9, 1843.
921. ix. ANNE, b. Oct. 12, 1790; m. Apr. 18, 1811, Allen White, a farmer
in Williamstown. Mr. White d. Jan. 31, 1836, in his forty-sev-
enth year, when Anne married a Mr. Staples, and d. in Mar.,
1863, aged seventy-three years. By the first husband were the
following children: i, Caroline Ann, b. Oct. 11, 1812; d. young.
2, Cornelius Allen, b. Dec. 18, 1814; d. young. 3, Cornelius
Allen, b. Mar. 21, 1816; 4, Horace Elliot, b. July 25, 1819; 5,
Samuel Davis, b. Mar. 21, 1821; 6, George Hamman, b. Jan.
31, 1823; 7, Jonathan Perkins, b. Feb. 10, 1825; 8, Caroline
Ann, b. September 17, 1827; 9, Mary Emeline, b. Aug. 4, 1829;
10, Abijah Frentis, b. July 24, 1831; 11, Cynthis Delphinia. b.
Sept. 21, 1833. Cornelius Allen White m. Josephine Seapled,
Aug. 8, 1841, at Williamstown, where he resided. Ch. : i, Cor-
nelius Allen, b. Sept. 21, 1842; 2, Henry Kirk, b. Jan. 13, 1852;
3, George Perkins, b. Aug. 17, 1855. Horace Elliot White m.
a Miss Peck of Williamstown. Caroline Ann m. Lorenzo
Downing of St. Albans. Mary Emeline m. Arthur Whitney
of Montpelier. Cynthia m. P. F. Blanchard. Others have
married.
922. X. DAVID, b. Feb. 2, 1793; m. Sarah Reed.
923. xi. SAMUEL L., b. Oct. 24, 1794; m. Lucy White.
565. HON. WILLIAM FISKE (William, Ebenezcr, William, William,
John, William, Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Wenham, Mass.,
Apr. 20, 175s; m. Oct. 28, 1773, Eunice Nourse, b. May 2, 1752, d. Mar. 13, 1819;
m. 2d, Nov. 28, 1819, Hannah Walker of Concord, N. H.; d. Dec. 10, 1841. Dea-
con Francis Nourse of Danvers, Mass., whose eldest daughter, Eunice, and
granddaughters Abigail and Harriet Nourse, married Amherst Fiskes, was a lineal
descendant of Francis and Rebecca Nourse, original settlers in Salem, Mass.
Francis Nourse died in 1695, aged ^y years; his wife, Rebecca, July 19, 1692 — one
of the sad victims of the Salem witchcraft. The jury — Capt. Thomas Fiske, fore-
man "were compelled to convict, against their better judgment and belief,
through the singular infatuation and perversity of the judges." In Apr., 1779, Mr.
Fiske located himself and wife on a farm situated on the turnpike leading from
Amherst village to Bedford, and for some years occupied a small tolling house.
His farm was limited in extent and his land rough and rocky. Mr. Fiske and
wife became members of the Congregational Church in Amherst, Nov. 6, 1776,
and lived exemplary Christian lives to the day of their death. Besides having
for some years command of the military company, Mr. Fiske was in Mar., 1792,
elected town clerk of Amherst and re-elected every year in succession for twenty
years. In Mar., 1794, he was chosen chairman of the board of selectmen of
Amherst and held that office till 1815, twenty-one consecutive years. He was
chosen representative of the town at the general court in 1798-99, 1804-5-6-7-8-9.
He was elected state senator for the Seventh senatorial district in 1810-11-12-13.
He was then appointed one of the justices of the court of common pleas of the
county of Hillsborough, but a remodeling of the courts by the state soon after by
legislature (a political change occurring in that body), by which all the judges
FISKE GENEALOGY. 137
were displaced to make room for new favorites, prevented his accepting the
appointment. In 1815 he was appointed United States Assessor of direct taxes
for the county of Hillsborough. In 1824 he was chosen one of the electors of
president and vice-president, and cast his vote for John Quincy Adams. Having
attained the good old age of three score and ten, he then retired from public life,
and spent the remainder of his days in the quiet of home where he died. He was
twice married. His first wife was Eunice Nourse and the mother of his children.
A few years after he married iMiss Hannah, daughter of James Walker, Esq., of
Concord, N. H., but had no children by her. In personal appearance Mr. Fiske
was rather commanding, being six ■ feet in height and well proportioned. His
features were strongly molded and intellectual. Of Puritan descent, he was in
principles, habits and manners a Puritan of the straitest sect, rendered straiter
perhaps by his severe and excessive labors. In his family and on his farm his
right to rule no subordinate ever presumed to question. By his strict yet judi-
cious exercise of authority his children were trained to admirable obedience.
The homestead in which Hon. William Fiske resided was erected in 1795, and was
ranked among the finest and most desirable in that section. It is located two and
a half miles northeasterly from Amherst on the old stage road between that place
and Manchester and Concord. To the south lies Walnut Hill, 200 feet high, to
the north Chestnut Hills flanking them on the right and left and at a distance of
from three to five miles tower the granite peaks of "Joe English" and "Uncanoo-
nucks" and southeast Babboosack Pond. He d. June 4, 1831; res. Amherst, N. H.
924. i. EUNICE, b. Jan. 7, 1774; m. Dec. 30, 1795, Levi Dodge. She
d. Aug. 3, 1861. He was son of Bartholomew and Martha
(Kimball) Dodge, who was b. Feb. 26, 1771, and d. Nov. 21,
1842. She d. Aug. 3, 1861. Ch. : Martha, d. in infancy. Hi-
ram, b. Jan. 2, 1803, and d. in 1876; m. Sarah Abbott. Calvin,
b. Mar. 22, 1815, and d. 'June 6, 1853; m. Lucy Hubbard.
925. ii. EZRA. b. Apr. 2, 1776; m. Melinda Blake.
926. iii. WILLIAM, b. July 11, 1778; m. Margaret Cleave Dodge.
927. iv. FRANCIS NOURSE. b. June 12, 1780; m. Mary (Walker)
Emery.
928. v. ABIGAIL, b. Oct. 9. 1782; d., unm., July 24, 1852. She res. at
home, and later with her brother David for more than twenty
years.
929. vi. MARY. b. Apr. i, 1785; m. July 10, 1806, Bartholomew Dodge,
Jr. She d. Oct. 15, 1857. Mary resided constantly with her
father's family until twenty-two years of age, when in July she
was united in marriage to Bartholomew Dodge, Jr., son of a
neighboring farmer and two years her senior. Their children
were: i, Mary Ann, b. Feb. 8, 1807; d. May i, 1813. 2, Francis
P., b. Sept. 20, 1808; d. May 6, 1815. 3, David Nourse. b.
Jan. 29. 1810; d. Apr. 16, 1829. 4, Allen F., b. May 22, 1812; d.
Mar., 1814. 5, Mary Ann, b. May 2. 1814; m. July 24, 1848, to
Jonathan Knight of Amherst, N. H., and d. Dec. 17, 1851,
leaving a pair of twins two days old (Mary and George), who
died respectively in Aug. and Oct. following. 6, Francis
Fiske, b. May 28, 1816; m. Jan. 18, 1849, James Smith of Low-
ell, Mass., and d. in Mar., 1857. 7, Francis A., b. Sept. 8, 1818;
d. Jan., 1820. 8, Harriet M.. b. Oct. 4, 1820; d. Jan., 1821. 9,
Horace N., b. Oct. 4, 1820; m. Dec. 14, 1845, Hannah H. Miller
of Lamoille. 111. One child, Cheever Kendall, b. Nov. 15,
1850. 10, Abby M., b. Dec. 14, 1821; m. Nov. 18, 1852, Ste-
phen Ballard, now of Stearns & Ballard, New York City. 11,
Martha A., b. Nov. 8, 1823: m. Aug. 12, 1852, Rev. Allen H.
Brown, late of May's Landing, N. J. Their children were:
Silas Belding. b. May 17, 1854. Allen Henry, b. Nov. 17, 1855;
d. Dec. 12, 1859. Mary Dodge, b. Jan. i, 1858. Louisa Ma-
tilda, b. Jan. 18, i860. 12, Charles W., b. May 8, 1826; m. Aug,
15. 1853, Anna Eliza, dau. of George Fiske, Esq., of Lowell'.
Ch.: Florence I\I., b. Aug. 31. 1854; d. Jan. 4, i860. Fanny A.,
b. May 12, 1857. Herbert C, b. July 28, 1859; d- Sept. 15,
1859.
138 FISKE GENEALOGY.
Bartholomew Dodge was b. Dec. 26, 1784, and d. Oct. 7,
1838. Mrs. Mary Fiske Dodge d. in Hooksett, N. H., Oct. 15,
1857, aged "72 years.
930. vii. FANNY, b. June 6, 1787: d., unm., June 17, 1817.
931. viii. ALLEN, b. Apr. 10, 1789; m. Eliza Chapman and Mrs. Maria
Stokes.
932. ix. DAVID, b. May 4, 1791: m. Mrs. Lydia M. Holbrook.
933. X. NANCY, b. June 17, 1794; m. Sept., 1815, Stephen Damon, son
of Deacon Benjamin Damon. She d. Dec. 7, 1854. They
were the parents of the following children: i, Francis S., b.
Apr. 16, 1816; d. Mar. 16, 1841. 2, Lucy Ann, b. June i, 1818;
d. June 14, 1853. 3, William F., b. Apr. 17, 1821 ; d. Aug. 5,
1844. 4, Charles A., b. Aug. 28. 1823: d. July 4, 1863. 5, Ste-
phen C, b. Mar. 21, 1826. 6, Sarah Jane, b. June 9, 1830: d.
Jan. 10, 1853. The two eldest sons emigrated to Illinois, but
died soon after their arrival there. Lucy Ann, the eldest
daughter, married David P. Low of Amherst. Of this union
two children were born: Wm. Damon, 1845, and Alphonso,
1849. d. in 185 1. Nancy Fiske Damon d. Dec. 7, 1854. Charles
A. Damon m. Mary E. Low of Amherst, N. H., in June, 1845.
Children born as follows: George W., b. Feb., 1847; Clara G.,
b. July, 1849; Frank C, b. May, 1851; Charles Edgar, b. Sept.,
1854: Nellie, b. Aug., 1856; Stephen C. Damon, b. Jan., 1854;
m. Mrs. Mary J. McClelland. Dea. Benjamin Damon was a
descendant of Dea. John Damon of Reading. Mass., freeman,
1645, was born in that place June 4. 1760. The family prob-
ably originated in Reading. Although but sixteen years of
age at tlie commencement of the American Revolution, he
enlisted, and continued fighting the battles of his country
until the close of the war. In Jan. (i6th'>. 1783, he married
Polly Hosea. who was born in Plymouth. Mass., April 30, 1764.
566. DAVID FISKE (William, Ebenezer, William, William, John, William,
Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Wenham, Mass., June 25, 1757; m.
1786, Edith Tay, b. 1763. d. June 13, 1815. David Fiske, Sr., third son of William
Fiske, Sr., of Amherst, did good service to his country as a soldier in the war of
the Revolution. He enlisted at the age of eighteen for one year, and was stationed
first at Newcastle, N. H. In the fall of 1786 he was m. to Edith Tay of Chelsea,
Mass., and settled in Merrimack, N. H. They both united with the Congregational
Church. They had five children. In April. 1801, Mr. Fiske removed to Amherst
and settled on a farm in the eastern part of that town, where he lived a Christian
life. He lived in comfortable circumstances to quite a venerable age. respected
generally for his sterling merits, and died in peace among his children, at the age
of 86 years. He d. June 23, 1843; res. Amherst and Merrimack, N. H.
934. i. BETSEY, b. Sept. 12, 1788: d.. unm.. Aug. 25, 1876.
935. ii. EDITH, b. Mar. i, 1790; m. Oct. 18, 1820. John Sprague of
Bedford and rev. to Ohio and d. there.
936. iii. DAVID, b. Sept. 20, 1792; m. Abigail Nourse and Harriett
Nourse.
937. iv. GEORGE, b. Aug. 22, 1794; m. Arinda Lane.
938. v. ARDELLA, b. Dec. 18, 1803: d. unm. Sept. 20, 1828.
568. DEA. EBENEZER FISKE (William, Ebenezer, William, William,
John, William. Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Nov. 11, 1762. in
Wenham, Mass.; m. at Mt. Vernon. N. H., 1782. Abigail Woodbury, b. March 7,
1766; d. Dec. 9, 1839. Deacon Ebenezer Fiske, fourth son of William and
Susanna Fiske, removed from Wenham to Amherst with his father when but
eleven years of age, and resided in that place until his majority. Owing to the
reduced circumstances of the family, caused by the bankruptcies of his father's
brother-in-law (White), for whom his father had largely endorsed. Eben lost the
opportunity for enjoying educational privileges. He, however, inherited a re-
markable physical frame and strong intellect, and possessed good sterling
qualities and an indomitable will. Many and remarkable are the feats of strength
recorded of him when in the prime of his powers, while his excellent common
sense and well-known integrity made him a counselor among his fellow towns-
FISKE GENEALOGY. 139
940.
11.
941-
111.
942.
IV.
943-
V.
men in Mt. Vernon, where he subsequently resided and for many years filled
various local offices. In 1782 he married Abigail Woodbury, born in Beverly,
Mass., March 7, 1766, and second daughter of James Woodbury of Mt. Vernon.
N. H., near Amherst, to which place he at once removed. Miss Woodbury was of
an excellent family, and a relative of Judge Levi Woodbury of Portsmouth, N. H.,
a farmer of the state and secretary of the United States Treasury under President
Jackson. Mr. Fiske, like the most of his ancestors, was blessed with a large
family, six sons and six daughters, all of whom, except a son who died in infancy,
lived to mature age.
All of these except the two last were born in Mt. Vernon. After residing for
some years in this place, Mr. Fiske removed to Warner, N. H., where he pur-
chased a farm, and later located on a farm on the "Wilmot Flat" in Wilmot, N. H.
Later in life he moved to the hills in the northwestern part of the town, called
North Wilmot, and near wnere a meeting house afterward stood. Here he and
the wife of his youth grew old together, sustained and cheered by the consola-
tions of the gospel, and by the tender love and care of their son, Calvin, who, with
most filial affection, watched over and cared for them to the day of their death.
Ebenezer Fiske was a man of decided and conscientious and fixed and exemplary
principles, and the resolute energy and courage that always rises superior to the
difficulties of the occasion. During the most of his life he was a member and
deacon of the Congregational Church. He d. May 8, 1838; res. Wilmot, N. H.
939. i. ABIGAIL, b. Dec. 22, 1783; m. Josiah Carrier of Warner, N. H.,
March, 1808, and after his decease, Samuel Clark of Hopkin-
ton, N. H., where she died.
JOHN, b. Sept. 28, 1784; d. in infancy.
EBENEZER, b. Aug. 22, 1786; m. Hannah Proctor.
JAMES, b. Aug. 4, 1788; m. Eleanor Ransom.
HANNAH, b. June 17, 1790; m. 1810 Dr. Charles Thompson of
Andover, N. H.; res. Wilmont Centre and Concord, N. H.
He d. Sept. 14, 1856. Ch. : Elvira, b. Nov. 16, 1810, d. March
16, 1826. Sophronia, b. April 10, 1812; m. J. R. Palmer; res.
Sandusky, Ohio. Franklin W., b. Nov. 20, 1813; res. Con-
cord, N. H. Hannah, b. April 4, 1817; m. Isaac Youngman
of Wilmot. Caroline, b. July 20. 1819; m Stearns; res.
" Concord. Charles Harrison, b. Feb. 8, 1824; res. Minneapolis.
Luther Fisk, b. July 7, 1828; res. Janesville, Wis.
944. vi. DESDEMONA, b. March 15, 1792; m. Abner Watkins and
William Abbott of Concord. N. H. Ch. : Livonia, m. Abijah
Watson of Warner. James. George, m. Abby Bean.
945. vii. LUTHER, b. May 16, 1794, d. 1816.
946. viii. CALVIN, b. June 15, 1796; m. Asenath Cross and Mary J.
Thompson.
947. ix. JOHN, b. April 16, 1798; m. Mahala Rand and Sarah Goodhue.
948. X. MEHITABLE, b. April 18, 1800; m. March 14, 1819, James B.
Straw of Salisbury, N. H. He removed to Lowell, Mass.,
and entered the employ of the Appleton Mfg. Co., where he
died Aug. 14, 1830. She removed to Manchester, where she
afterwards resided. Ch.: Ezekiel Albert, b. Dec. 30, 1819.
After availing himself of the best educational advantages in
the city of Lowell, he entered Phillip's Academy at Andover,
where he mastered practical mathematics. In 1838 he was
assistant civil engineer in the Nashua and Lowell Railroad.
Later he was civil engineer for the Amoskeag Mfg. Co. In
185 1 he was appointed agent for the company, and in 1858 he
was given entire charge. In Nov., 1844. lie visited England
and Scotland on a tour of inspection. In 1859 he was elected
Representative for Manchester to the Legislature and re-
elected in 1860-61-62-63, and for some time chairman of the
committee on finance. In 1864 he was elected to the State
Senate and re-elected in 1865, and was president of that body.
Later he was elected Governor of N. H. Governor Straw had
the honorary degree of Master of Arts by Dartmouth College.
He m. April 6, 1842. Charlotte Smith Webster of Amerbury,
140
FISKE GENEALOGY.
' O z-ot ^ (- —C'l^
s ^
Mass. He d. Oct. 25, 1882. She d. Mar. 15, 1852. Ch.:
Albert, b. June 24, 1846; d. April 9, 1847. Charlotte Webster,
b. Mar. 24, 1848; m. William W. Howard; res. Lowell, Mass.;
4 ch. Herman Foster,
b. Dec. 30, 1849; n^-
Sept. 18, 1873, Mary
O. Parker; res. Man-
chester, N. H.; ch.: i,
Parker, b. June 18,
1878; 2, Harry Ellis, b.
April 25, 1883; 3. Her-
man F., Jr., b. Mar. 12,
1894; he is agent of
the Amoskeag Mfg.
Co., at Manchester, N.
H. Ellen, b. Feb. 15,
1852; m. Sept. 12, 1872,
Henry M. Thompson;
ch.: 1, Albert W., b.
Feb. 16, 1874; 2, Her-
man E., b. Apr. 25,
1881 ; res. Lowell, Mass.
He was at one time
manager of the Man-
chester, N. H., print
works, now proprietor
of the Lowell felting
mills. Luther Fiske,
b. July 31, 1821, d.
Aug. 2, 1825. Guy Eld-
ridge, b. Feb. 12, 1823,
d. Aug. I, 1825. Miran-
da, b. Oct. 6,' 1824; m.
Benj. F. Manning of Manchester, s. p. Abigail, b. Apr. 22,^
1827; d. unm. July 13, 1895. James Brown, Jr., b. Dec. 23,
1828; d. Mar. 23, 1830. James Brown, t^iX, b. Apr. 9, 1831;
m. Oct. 12, 1858, Clara A. Hancock; 2 ch. : Minnie Fiske,
b. I\Iar. 26, 1862; d. young; and Gertrude, b. July 24, 1864.
949. xi. MARY, b. Mar. 16, 1802; m. Abner Harvey of Warner, N. H.;
res. Concord. Ch.: Caroline M., b. May 19, 1825; m. John
Emerson of Wilmont; d. Jan. 25, 1852. Elvira T., b. Aug. 3,
1827; m. Henry Saltmarsh of Concord. Susr.n E., b. Nov. 23,
1830; m. D. Emerson of Warner. Lavona W., b. Nov. 5, 1835 ;
m. Albert Davis of Warner.
950. xii. PLOMA. b. March 7, 1807; m. John Langley of Andover, N,
H.; d. Sept. 11, 1834.
574^- JOHN FISKE (John, John, Samuel William, John, William, Robert,
Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. July 15, 1751; m. Hepzibeth . She m.
2d in 1776, Moses Pearson. He d. and she m. 3d — Burnet or Burnap. He
d. Apr. 5, 1773; res. Andover, Mass.
950^.1. JOHN, b. Apr. 5, 1771; d. young.
95oH.ii. HEPZIBAH, b. Apr. 28, 1773; m. July 5, 1798. Isaac Abbott,
Jr., of A., had son Isaac, Jr.
576. SAMUEL FISKE (Samuel, Daniel, Samuel, William, John, William,
Robert. Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Upton, Mass., 1759; m. Rebecca
Fiske, his cousin, dau. of Benjamin, b. 1765; d. Apr. 30, 1849. He d. May 14,
1828; res. Shelburne, Mass.
DAVID, b. July 17, 1791; m. Laura Seaverance.
SAMUEL, b. March 25, 1800; m. Mercy B. Smead.
AUSTIN, b. Nov. 21, 1784; d. May 23. 1789.
HERVY, b. March 8, 1787; d. Dec. 25, 1789.
955. iii. MELINDA, b. Jan. 16, 1789; m. November, 1831, James Lord
Merrill. She d. s. p. July 2t,. 1833.
956. V. REBECCA, b. Aug. 2. 1793'; d^ Oct. 8. 1794.
95 r.
IV.
952.
Vll.
953-
954-
n.
FISKE GENEALOGY. 141
957. vi. REBECCA, b. Feb. 15, 1794; m. Solomon Bardwell. She d.
leaving a dau., Fidelia, and her dau. is Mrs. Alfred Skinner;
res. S.
958. viii. AUSTIN, b. Feb. 9, 1803; d. Sept. 25, 181 5.
959. ix. PHILO, b. Sept. 23, 1806; d. Sept. 23, 1806.
578. DANIEL FISKE (Samuel, Daniel, Samuel, William, John, William,
Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. May 16, 1765, in Sherborne. Mass.;
m. Polly Crosby, b. Jan. 17, 1773, d. Dec. 7, 1795; m. 2d in Upton, Sept. 15, 179O,
Huldah Fiske, his cousin, b. Nov. 6, 1772; d. Jan. 14, 1866. He d. Oct. 25, 1842;
res. Shelburne, Mass.
960. i. POLLY, b. June 23, 1793; m. Barnard.
961. ii. ELECTA, b. March 4, 1798; d. Sept. i, 181 1.
962. iii. PARTRIDGE, b. Dec. 18, 1799; m. Lydia B. Dickinson.
963. iv. CHLOE, b. Oct. i, 1801; d. Oct. 21, 1802.
964. v. CHLOE, b. July 27, 1803; d. Oct. 22, 1841.
965. vi. DANIEL, b. Feb. 9, 1805; m. Anna Fiske.
966. vii. WILLIAM, b. May 13, 1807; d. May 8, 1808.
967. viii. MARIA, b. June 25, 1809; d. Aug. 25, 181 1.
968. ix. ELECTA MARIA, b. July 10, 1813; d. April 5, 1815.
909. X. AUSTIN, b. Sept. 15, 1815; m. Lucy W. Barnard.
970. xi. BETSEY ALLEN, b. Juiy 23, 1822; m. Edwin W. Stevens. She
d. June 12, 1853. He res. Guilford, Vt., s. p.
971. xii. DAUGHTER, b. June 10, 1795; d. June 10, 1795.
972. xiii. A SON, b. Oct. 10, 181 1; d. Oct. 10, 181 1.
581. ROBERT FISKE (Daniel, Daniel, Samuel, William, John, William,
Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Holliston, Mass., Feb. 24, 1746; m in
Upton, Mass., Sept. 17, 1768, ]\Iary Hall of Hopkinton, b. 1744. She d. in
Upton, Feb. 7, 1822. He d. Sept. 25, 1820: res. Holliston and Upton, Mass.
973. i. ELISHA, b. Sept. 3, 1769; m. Lydia Robinson and Mrs. Mar-
garet (Shepherd) Brown.
974. ii. DANIEL, b. Oct. 29, 1770; m. Ruth Chapin.
975. iii. WILLIAM, b. Nov. 8, 1776; m. Lucy Bradish.
976. iv. AMASA, b . Sept. 17, 1780; m .
584. DANIEL FISKE (Daniel, Daniel, Samuel, William, John, William,
Robert, Simon. Simon, William, Symond), b. Upton, Mass., in 1759; m. Jan. 16,
1783, Hannah Rockwood, d. May 6, 1785; m. 2d, Sept. 27, 1792, Hannah or Beulah
Palmer; d. July 14. 1815. He d. Jan. 22, 1841; res. Upton, Mass.
977. i. HANNAH, b. .Apr. 23, 1785; prob. d. young.
978. ii. ELIAS, b. May 24, 1789; d. Aug. 4, 1823.
979. iii. ANNA, b. Jan. 9, 1791; d. Aug. 10, 1802.
980. iv. EMELINE, b. Feb. i, 1793; m. in Upton, May 14, 1819, Holland
Forbush, "of Upton; b. Aug. 18, 1800 (Elijah, Peter, Samuel,
Thomas, Thomas, Daniel). He d. Nov. 4, 1856; res. Upton.
She d. May 30, 1876. Ch. : Emeline M., b. July 19, 1820; d.
Dec. 25, 1826; Holland E., b. Nov. 9, 1824, m. Martha Fiske,
dau. of Levi; Daniel C, b. Aug. 26, 1826, m. Apr. 8, 1852,
Nancy E. Perham, dau. of Reuben, of Milford; Aaron A., b.
Feb. ID, 1832, m. Emily S. Holmes; she res. Gorham, Me.;
William W., b. Jan. 12, 1834, d. Dec. 7, 1843.
981. V. LUCINDA, b. Dec. i, 1794; m. in Upton May 8, 1822, Rufus
Fletcher, of U., moved to Columbus, O., in 1852, but children
all born in Upton: Alonso, last heard from in Texas during
war; Charles, dead; Elias, last heard from 1895 in Galveston,
Texas; Rodolphus, last heard from in Texas during war;
Maria.
982. vi. EMMONS H., b. May 10, 1802; m. Anna M. Ward.
983. vii. AMELIA ANN, b. May 10, 1807; m. Louis Kallisch. She died
in Sacramento, Cal., a few years since. Ch.: Levi. Louis, m.
, San Jose, Cal. Frank.
984. viii. CLARISA, b. July 16. 1796: m. in Upton, Feb. 5, 1820, Jon-
athan B. Bradish of U. ; both dead; their children born in Up-
ton: Frederick P., m. and with children at La Crosse, Wis.
142
FISKE GENEALOGY.
985.
Philander, d. young in 1850. Clarissa Ann, m., with two
daus. living in Upton, Mass. Harrison, m. twice, and died
in the west in 1895.
JOANNA, b. Dec. 18, 1804; m. in U. Nov. 28, 1839, Newel Gore,
of U., both dead. She died in Winfield, Kan., in 1894. Child,
died young. Ellen, m. Bills, now living in Winfield,
Kan.
586. BENJAMIN FISKE (Benjamin, Daniel, Samuel, William, John, Will-
iam, Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Upton, Mass., May i, 1749; m.
there June 14, 1770, Jemima Holbrook; m. 2d, Mar. 7, 1782, Margery Wood; b.
1761. She d. in Upton Feb. 24, 1843. His will was probated Nov. 11, 1820; was a
miller by occupation. His son Clark was executor. He d. Nov., 1820; res. Upton,
Mass.
986. i. JOEL, b. Dec. 17, 1770; m. Hannah Turner.
987. ii. CLARK, b. Apr. 4, 1778; m. Chloe Bradish.
988. iii. JEMIMAH, b. Feb. 16, 1780; ni. in Upton, June 3, 1800, Abner
Smith, of Bellingham.
989. iv. AZARIAH, b. Sept. 13, 1782; d. bef. 1820, unm. No heirs men-
tioned in father's will.
990. V. HANNAH, b. Apr. 10, 1784; m. Durham.
991. vi. ZIBA, b. Nov. 24. 1785; ni. in Auburn Nov. 30, 1806, Polly Phil-
lips, of Ward.
992. vii. GALACIUS, b. Apr. 17, 1788; m. Mary Brown.
993. viii. EMORY, b. June 30, 1790; m. Sally Gross.
994. ix. ELVIA, b. June 30, 1790; m. Jan. i, 1811, Rufus Sibley, of Graf-
ton. She d. Oct. 5, 181 1.
995. X. BENJAMIN, b. Nov. 24, 1792.
996. xi. DAVID, b. Aug. 30, 1794; d. Feb. 19, 1795.
997. xii. JONATHAN, b. Aug. 30, 1794; m. Gratia Wilson.
998. xiii. AUSTIN, b. Jan. 21, 1797.
999. xiv. HARVEY, b. Jan. 21, 1797; m. Sophia Warren.
1000. XV. MIRANDA, b. Apr. i, 1799; m. in Upton. Mar. 10, 1818, David
Chapin, of Upton.
1001. xvi. REBEKAH, b. Mar. 10. 1801: m. June 12, 1817, Jesse Whitney, b.
Oct. 12, 1790, d. Feb. i, 1850; res. Milford, Mass. She d. Aug.
10, 1871. Ch. : Rowanna Semira, b. Aug. 28, 1820; m. Sept. 18,
1872, Israel Patch, s. p.; res. East Main street, Milford.
1002. xvii. SALLEY, b. Mar. 12. 1804; m. Jan. 26, 1826, Milton Ruggles,
of Upton. He d. and she m. 2d, a Sutherland. She d. s. p.
600. HON. ELISHA FISKE (William, Daniel, Samuel, William, John, Wil-
liam. Robert, Simon, Simon, William. Symond), b. Upton. Mass., Nov. 4, 1774;
ni. June 20, 1799, Betsey Forbush, town record says Betsey "Sherman;" b. May 14,
1775; d. Aug. 19, 1863. He was a son of Lieut. William Fiske, who served in the
Revolutionary Army in an Upton company. He held several town offices there,
such as town clerk and selectman, and for some time was a representative in the
legislature. A meat tub brought over from England by William, the emigrant, fell
into possession of his father and is still preserved in the family. He died Jan. 24,
1851; res. Upton. Mass.
1003.
1004.
1005.
1006.
1007.
1008.
ERAN. b. May 12. 1800; m. Sally Wood and Sally Whitney.
i. ELISHA. b. Apr. 16, 1802; m. Hannah Forbush.
ii. LEVI. b. May i, 1804; m. Amy Taft.
V. ESTHER F., b. June 7, 1806; m. June 8, 1826, Adams Rock-
wood of U. ; d. s. p.
r. ELIZABETH, b. June 20. 1808; d. Dec. 26. 1826.
n. LYDIA, b. May 22. 1810; m. Sept., 1834, Daniel Hunt, b. Dec.
12, 1806. She d. Oct. 29. 1879. He d. Oct. 3, 1854; res. Sterling,
Mass. Ch.: Geogianna, b. Dec. 13. 1836; m. Aug. 9, 1859. Dr.
John Q. A. McCoIlester. b. May 3. 1830; res. Waltham, Mass.
Ch.: Lucretia Isabelle. b. i86o-8-26th. Edward Q., b. 1863- 1-
28th. Harry Grey. b. i864-8-5th. Edith E. May, b. 1867-9-ist.
John Fred, b. i87i-7-27th. Helen Hortense. b. i878-7-2d.
Lucretia Isabelle, d. i863-2d-ist. Harry Grey. d. i867-2d-27th.
FISKE GENEALOGY. 148
Edith h. May, d. i869-ist-27th. Edward Q. McCollester, m.
1887, Nov. 27th. P. O. Ad. Ayer, Mass. John F., 1894, Dec.
25th married. P. O. Ad. Waltham, Mass.
1009. vii. WILLIAM, b. July 2, 1812; d. June, 1830.
loio. viii. ADAMS, b. Apr. 19, 1814; m. Betsey Forbush.
ion. ix. JEMIMAH J., b. May 11, 1816; m. Oct. 10, 1839, Levi W. Taft.
He is a farmer and was b. Dec. 8, 1809; res. Upton, Mass. Ch. :
Frances L. Taft. Born 1841 Apr. died 1841 Sept. Sarah J.
Taft, Born 1842 Sept 28 Calvin A Taft Born 1847, Aug. i (ad-
dress Upton). Sarah J. married to Fiske Batchelor Nov. 2j,
1866; present address Upton Mass.
' 1012. X. WESLEY L., b. June 3, 1823; d. s. p.
602. DAVID FISKE (William, Daniel, Samuel, William, John, William,
Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Upton, Mass., Sept. 6, 1780; m. in
Grafton Dec. 3, 1807, Sarah Stowe, of Grafton; d. Mar. 18, 1814; m. 2d, Lydia
Allen, of Hardwick, dau. of David and Elizabeth (Fisk) Allen; b. 1784; d. 1864.
He was a farmer and cooper. He d. in i860; res. Shelburne, Mass.
1013. i. JONATHAN STOWE, b. June 8, 1808; m. Georgianna M.
Keith.
1014. ii. WILLIAM ADAMS, b. Sept. 30, 1810; m. Mary Jane Heald
1015. iii. SARAH STOWE, b. Feb. 11, 1816; m. 1845, Daniel Whitney.
This was his second marriage. By his first wife, Nancy, he
had three ch. (see Whitney Genealogy, by Fred C. Pierce).
Ch. by second wife: Edward E., res. Grafton, Mass.; Esther
Marietta, m. Howell, res. Westboro; Julia M., m.
Pratt; res. Natick. She is dead.
1016. iv. DORINDA STOWE, b. July 31, 1817; m. Joseph Upton; d. s. p.
1017. V. DAVID ALLEN, b. Feb. 15, 1819; m. Caroline F. Smith.
1018. vi. LYDIA ALLEN, b. Feb. 11, 1821; m. Dwight Hardy. They
had one ch., who d. young. She d. s. p.
1019. vii. MOSES ALLEN, b. July 16, 1825; m. ; res. Conway,
Mass.
1020. viii. ESTER ALLEN, b. Nov. 22, 1822; unm.
605. JOSIAH FISKE (Josiah, Daniel, Samuel, William, John, William, Rob-
ert, Simon. Simon, William, Symond), b. Upton, Mass., Oct. 20, 1764; m. there
Mar. 24, 1785, Kezia Wood; res. Upton, Mass.
1021. i. JASPER, b. July 28, 1785.
1022. ii. COMFORT, b. Sept. 26, 1787.
1023. iii. ALEXANDER, b. Nov. 29, 1789; m. Mary Fisk.
1024. iv. There were also three other girls; two married two brothers, Oba-
diah and Josiah Tainter, and resided in the north part of
Greenfield, Mass. The other sister married Aaron Partridge,
of Upton, Mass., and one of their sons is Joseph Partridge, of
Upton, Mass.
606. ABIJAH FISKE (Josiah, Daniel, Samuel, William, John, William, Rob-
ert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Upton, Mass., Dec. 8, 1766; m. Betsey
. She d. Apr., 1816. Daniel Fisk was executor of the will of Abijah. The
inventory of her estate was filed Apr. 3, 1816. Elisha and Asa Fisk were guard-
ians of the children. He d. May 26, 1807; res. Upton, Mass.
1025. ii. ELIZABETH, b. Nov. 18, 1805; m. Nov. 19, 1827, Calvin Whit-
ney Forbush. He was b. Sept. 8, 1805 (Silas, David, Thomas,
Thomas, Daniel); d. Feb., 1881. He resided on his father's
farm on George Hill in Grafton, Mass., until 18 years of age,
when he went to Charlestown, S. C, remaining two years. In
10.25 he returned and engaged in manufacturing boot? and
shoes on George Hill. Later he moved to Boston, where he
resided for seven years. Returning to Grafton in 1832, he
purchased the Hon. Samuel Wood place at the head of the
common, where he resided for twenty-five years. During
this time he was engaged in the manufacture of boots and
shoes. He died at his home on Bowdoin street, Boston. It
was to his persistent efforts more than any other person that
144 FISKE GENEALOGY.
the town of Grafton is indebted for its beautiful common. He
was associated in procuring the first banking interests in the
town and was among its enterprising business men. He was
greatly interested in the cultivation of fruits (see Pierce's His-
tory of Grafton; Pierce's Forbush Genealogy and Pierce's
Whitney Genealogy). Ch. : Elizabeth, b. Aug. 20, 1828, m.
Jonathan C. Warren; he d. and she res. So. Evanston, 111.
Sarah W., b. July 24, 1831; m. Major Willard D. Wheeler;
was paymaster in the army; res. Grafton. Calvin, b. Apr. 8,
1833, m. Eliza J. Gates; res. So. Evanston. William, b. Mar.
30, 1836, res. Chicago. 111. Harrison, b. Nov. 6, 1839; d- Nov.
8. 1869. Horace, b. June 13, 1843, m. Adelaide Lines, res. 633
E. 15th street, New York City.
1026. i. HORACE, b. June 8, 1800.
611. AMOS FISKE (Daniel, Samuel, Joseph, William, John, William, Rob-
■ert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. ; m. Apr. 25, 1762, Mary Wilboub,
both of Swanzey. Amos Fisk was the grandson of Dr. Samuel Fisk and was
born and reared in Rhode Island. In early life he owned and commanded a
coasting vessel, until the breaking out of the Revolutionary war, which rendered
his occupation too precarious. He then sold his vessel and bought lands in Guil-
ford, Vermont; res. Swanzey, Mass.
1027. i. ISAIAH, b. Sept. 6, 1763; m. .
1028. iii. CALEB, b. Dec. 24, 1768; m. and had sons- Amos, Jesse and
Caleb Stone.
1029. ii. MARY, b. Mar. 25, 1767.
622. DEA. EPHRAIM FISKE (Joseph, Samuel, Joseph, William, John,
William, Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. ; m. in Johnston,
R. I., Nov. 29, 1761, Lydia Mathewson, b. ; d. 1765; m. 2d, .
Ephraim Fisk w^as born in Scituate, R. I. He early rem.oved to Killingly,
Conn., where he afterward resided. He was a prominent citizen, deacon for a
number of terms, and held a number of important offices, and was respected and
esteemed in the community where he lived. He was married twice. By his first
wife he had six children, four being born at one time. The children all lived, but
the mother died. By his second wife, ten children. He died above 80 years old,
greatly respected; he was a man of superior physical and mental abilities, and like
his brother Isaac, was known as a peacemaker in society.
Upon the alarm following the capture of Fort William Henry by Montcalm,
four volunteer companies marched from Windham County commanded by Abner
Baker, Ashford; John Carpenter, Woodstock; Isaac Coit, Plainfiield; John Gros-
vener, Pomfret. These volunteers were mostly men advanced in life, the fathers
of the towns, showing that most of the men were already in service. Among the
number was Ephraim Fiske.
He d. ; res. Johnston, R. I., and Killingly, Conn.
1030. i. SAMUEL, b. .
1031. ii. DAVID, b.
1032. iii. DEBORAH, b.
1033. iv. MIRIAM, b.
1034. v. JOSEPH, b. July 14, 1765; m. and res. in De Kalb, N. Y., was
theie in 1807.
1035. vi. EPHRAIM, b. July 14, 1765; m. and res. in De Kalb, N. Y., was
there in 1807.
1036. vii. JEROD, b. .
1037. viii. ABRAM, b. ; m. Mary Brown.
1038. ix. JASON, b. 1764. The family tradition is that he was born in
England. A son of his was Joel, b. 1794, m. 1827, Mary
Locum, b. 1799, d. in Warsaw, Ind., Oct. 13, 1891. He d. in
Greencastle, Ind., in 1854. Joel's only child was i, John
Wilbur, b. 1829, m. in Ashland, O., in 1858, Arminda A.
Kaufman, b. Oct. 31, 1833. He was a teacher and d. in
Jefferson Barracks Jan. 11, 1865. His ch. were i. Wilbur A.,
b. Aug. 19, i860; m. in Greencastle Nov. 7, 1889, Edna E.
Bayne, b. July 17, 1864, s. p. He is Professor of Chemistry
and Physics; res. 136 S. 13th St., Richmond, Ind. 2, Luella
FISKE GENEALOGY. 145
F. Galentine, Warsaw, Ind., b. Oct. 31, 1863; m. Apr. 8, 1889.
3, Canning B. Fisk, b. May 25, 1862; d. Oct. 12, 1869.
1039. X. THOMAS, b. .
1040. xi. BENJAMIN B., b. Nov. 2, 1794; m. Lydia Aldrich.
1041. xii. MARY, b. July 14, 1765; m. Greenwell.
1042. xiii. KEZIAH.b. July 14, 1765; m. Edward Beaty; res. at Ogdensburg,
N. Y., and had one ch., Edward, now deceased.
624. JUDGE ISAAC FISKE (Joseph, Samuel, Joseph, William, John, Will-
iam, Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Johnston, R. I., June 15, 1757;
m. there in 1775, Marcy Fenner, dau. of Richard, b. Feb. 24, 1758, d. July 7, 1820.
He was born on the old homestead in Johnston, R. I., and received an ex-
cellent education for those early days. Before he had obtained his majority he en-
listed in the Continental Army under Gen. Greene, of Rhode Island. He was sta-
tioned at Prospect Hill in Cambridge, not far from Bunker Hill in Charlestown.
His grandson, Geo. R. Fiske, Esq., of Roxbury, has two letters of his written the
time he was in the army. One is dated Sept. 3, 1775, and the other Oct. 26, 1775,
which he sent to his father, Joseph Fiske.
This is the inventory of his estate: 1824, Aug 14 Inventory of Isaac Fiske'
$1303.40 viz. carding machine, turning lath, linen wheel, wooden wheel, quilt wheel,
cash $38.50, silver watch, cooper's tools, blacksmith's tools, pepper mill, coffee
mill, white horse, 2 cows, i heifer, chaise, writing desk, 2^ stacks rye, 4 stacks
clover, clover in barn, $100. It is evident that he left home against the will of
his parents, or certainly not with their approval, for he says he will not enlist
again when his time is up. He was then 18 yrs. old, and the letters are very
pathetic, showing the lack of almost everything among the troops, especially am-
munition. I have also another letter of his written five years later, when he was
very active in religious matters, probably had become a member of the Society of
Friends, which he certainly was later on. In later life he was always called Judge
Fiske; twenty years Judge of Probate and later Judge of the Court of Common
Pleas, and the high estimation in which he was held by his neighbors. "My father
once took me to the graves of his father and mother, when I was a lad of about
ten years, and I well remember with what great respect he spoke of his father and
mother."
He d. June 17, 1824; res. Johnston, R. I.
SAMUEL, b. Apr. 4, 1797; m. Sally S. Kent.
ISAAC, b. Mar. 15, 1791; m. Anna Robinson.
JOSEPH, b. Oct. 29, 17S5; m. Roby Baker, Mary Robbins,
Maria Goddard and Maria Hall.
BENJAMIN, b. Dec. 3, 1794; m. Polly Van Dec-JVCarke.
ARNOLD, b. Feb. 28, 1777; m. Mary A. Bunker.
ISRAEL, b. Apr. 4, 1782; m. Harriett Sheldon. ' She d. in Prov.,
R. I., he d. s. p. in New Orleans, La., in 1820.
EDMOND, b. Apr. 16, 1787; m. Abby Brown.
MARIETTA, b. Mar. 12, 1789; m. Apr. 23, 1809, Dr. Peleg Clark;
res. Coventry, R. I. He was b. Aug. 5, 1784; d. Jan. i, 1875,
at East Providence; was a physician. She d. Apr. 14, 1867.
Ch. : Lydia Fenner, b. July 16, 1810; m. Nov. 2, 1835; d. Feb.
27, 1883. John Lewis, b. Nov. 30, 1812; m. June 11, 1840; d.
Oct 25, 1880. Erasmus Darwin, b. Sept. 8, 1815; m. Jan. 5,
1837; res. No. Scituate, R. I. Eunice Browning, b. Jan. 24,
1817; m. ; d. May 9, 1861. Isaac Weeden, b. Feb. 3,
1819; m. Nov. 10, 1840; d. May 14, 1884. Alfred Sheldon, b.
Mar. I, 1821; m. June 5, 1842; d. Apr. 9, 1894. Horace, b. June
II, 1823; m. Sept. 29, 1852, Elizabeth Jane Wilbur, b. May 30,
1832; he is a real estate agent, res. Olneyville, R. I.; ch.:
Walter Luther Clarke, b. Jan. 31, 1856: m. Mattie B. Alden,
Nov., 1880; P. O., Providence, R. I.; Horace Eugene Clarke,^
b. Sept. 30, 1868; m. Lila E. Spencer, Sept. 30, 1891; P. O.
Providence, R. I.; Jennie Lawton Clarke, b. Sept. 30, 1868;
unm.; P. O., Olneyville, R. I. Peleg, Jr., b. Feb. 11, 1826;
m. July 16, 1868; d. May 6, 1889. Henry Bradford, b. Oct.
18, 1827; m. Sept. 10, 1857; d. Mar. 6, 1888. George Augustus,
b. July 22, 1830; unm.; d. Nov. 25, 1866.
1043-
1044.
1045.
ii.
iii.
1046.
V 1047.
"'"1048.
iv.
V.
vi.
1049-
1050.
vii.
viii,
140 FISKE GENEALOGY.
1056.
i.
1057-
11.
1058.
iii.
I05Q.
IV.
1060.
V.
1061.
VI.
1062.
Vll.
105 1. ix. FREELOVE, b. Apr. 2, 1784; m. Jacob Knight; res. Johnston,
R. I. She had 11 ch., among them were: Israel; Arnold;
Phebe, m. Reynolds; res. Olneyville, R. I.
1052. X. DANIEL, b. June 24, 1779; m. Polly Horton.
1053. xi. BETSEY, b. Dec. 28, 1800; m. Darius P. Lawton. They had
three ch., and all d. in infancy; res. Seekonk, ^lass.
1054. xii. BARBARA, b. Nov. 19, 1780; d. unm.
1055. xiii. MARCY, b. Oct. 31, 1792, died.
636. JOHN FISK (John, John, John, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, William, Robert,
Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Walthani, Mass., June 10, 1716; m. at
Worcester, Mass., June i, 1748, Azubah Moore.
He d. about 1797; res. Worcester, Mass
JOHN, b. Aug. 16, 1749; m. Irene Buck.
MAR\, b. Dec. 22, 1751-2; m. Fisk: had son William
(see) and second, Shattuck; res. Worcester; had five
ch. by second wife.
SAMUEL, b. Sept. 2, i753. d. young.
JAMES, b. Aug. 10, 1755; d. young.
JAMES, b. Aug. 17, 1757; m. Azubah Moore.
SAMUEL, b. June 29, 1759; m. Olive and Priscilla .
ELIZABETH, b. Aug. 20, 1761; m. Sept. 26, 1779, Daniel Chad-
dick, of Worcester.
1063. viii. SARAH, b. Apr. 10, 1764.
1064. ix. AZUBA, b. June 13, 1768; m. Aug. 12, 1787, James Goulding, of
Worcester. (According to the Worcester Probate Records on
Apr. 14, 1786, her brother James was appointed her guardian.
She was the minor dau. of John Fisk, of Worcester.)
638. JONATHAN FISKE (John, John, John, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Will-
iam, Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Waltham, Mass., June 27, 1729;
m. AbigaiU . She d. in Wendall Oct. 8, 1792.
June 23, 1723, a precinct was erected, extending three miles into Worcester,
three into Oxford, three into Leicester, and one mile and a half into Sutton,
measured from the place designated for the new meeting house, along the roads
then traveled. This district, which was denominated the South Parish of Wor-
cester, was incorporated April 10, 1778, as the town of Ward, receiving its name
from Artemus Ward, Esq., a brave general of the Revolution, member of the
council of the Provincial Congress, judge of the County Courts, and representative
in Congress. About thirty families were thus separated from Worcester. The
boundaries of the parish and new town were nearly, though not precisely, coinci-
dent. The act provided that certain individuals included by the latter, but not
within the limits of the former, might retain their relations to the towns of their
original settlement, until it was their pleasure to express in writing, intention to
unite with the new corporation. Ten persons by this exception were permitted to
continue their former connections, and among this number was Jonathan Fiske.
He d. in Worcester and was buried there Jan. 8, 1781; res. Worcester and
Ward, Mass.
JONATHAN, b. Nov. 7, 1762.
EBENEZER, b. Mar. 17, 1765.
JONAS, b. Sept. 27, 1767; m. Matilda Leach.
SALLY, b. July 15, I770.
DANIEL, b. June 26, 1772; m. Dorcas Saunders.
MARY, b. July 30, 1775-
BETSEY, b. Aug. 17, 1777.
639^^. DANIEL FISK (John, John, John. Nathaniel, William, Robert, Si-
mon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Waltham, Mass., about 1730; m. Sarah Ken-
dall of Lexington, b. 1743; d. in Wendall Jan. 16, 1788. Daniel was born in Wal-
tham, married his wife there, and at least four of his children were born there. He
probably moved to Wendall not far from 1772-75. There is no record of his join-
ing the church there, but he probably did. The pastor of the Congregational
Church there. Rev. J. C. Wightman, under date of July 3, 1896, sends the follow-
ing: "I find no record of Mr. Fisk or his wife joining the church, but I find the
1065.
1066.
1067.
ni.
1068.
IV.
1069.
v.
1070.
VI.
1070^;
..vn.
FISKE GENEALOGY. 14T
following: October 2nd, 1785, baptized four children of Daniel Fisk and wife, their
names Abijah, Amos, Moses & Lydia.
"January i6th, 1788, Buried Sarah wife of Daniel Fisk in the 45th year of her
age.
"November 30th, 1799. Daniel Fisk aged 69 he died Thanksgiving Day the
28th; going to public worship he was seized with a pain in his stomach, he had
strength to return, and leave his body in his own house.
"I think, however, this which has been recorded leaves no doubt but that he
was a member of the church, as it has not been customary to baptize children of
those outside the church. Neither would there be any likelihood of the records
of his wife's death, nor of his own."
In 1790, Daniel Fisk of Wendell conveyed land in Wendell. In 1792, Daniel
Fisk of New Salem had land in Wendell conveyed to him. In 1793, Daniel Fisk
of Deerfield conveyed land in Deerfield. In 1794, Daniel Fisk 3d of Wendell had
land in Wendell conveyed to him. In 1798, Daniel of Wendell conveyed land in
Wendell.
These are the earliest records on the Franklin County Registry of Deeds.
Still earlier records of that county are in Springfield, where, pe-haps, might find
something more of Daniel Fisk. He d. Nov. 30, 1799, in Wendall; res. Wendall,
Mass.
1071. i. ZEDEKIAH, b. July 23, 1763; m. Lucy Sweetser.
1072. ii. ABIJAH, b. 1766. He m. and had several ch. One son was
Sullivan, who has a son S. L. ; res. at 800 Crescent St., Brock-
ion. Mass.
1073. iii. DANIEL, b. Oct. i, 1768; m. Sally Partridge and Mrs. Lucy F.
Robinson.
1074. i'^'- AMOS, b. May 26, 1780; m. Mary Hubbard.
1075. V. LYDIA, b. Dec, 1779; m. in Wendall, Mass., Abijah Wheeler;
res. Templeton, Mass. She d. Mar. 9, 1853. He d. Feb., 1863;
was a farmer. They had several children and all are dead
except one son in Templeton and one in Portland, Me., and
Abigail R., b. July 19, 1819; m Sept. 18, 1838, Josiah B. Good-
now, b. 1819; res. Templeton, Mass. Ch. b. in Templeton:
June P. Goodnow, b. Aug. i. 1839, d. Aug. 17, 18S9. Ellen M.
Goodnow, b. May 20, 1841, Templeton. David W. Goodnow,
b. Apr. 23, 1843; d. Jan. 20, 1850. Henry O. Goodnow, b. Mar.
9, 1890; d. Oct. 16, 1891. Charles A. Goodnow, b. Templeton,
Dec. 22, 1853. Ellen M. Goodnow, m. John McGuile, of Nor-
wich; her postoffice address West Gardner, Mass. Charles A.
Goodnow, railroad man, Chicago, 111.
1076. vi. LUCY, b. ; m. Benjamin Southwick, and 2d, Kel-
logg; res. Sangerfield, N. Y.. in 1816. Abijah Southwick, d.
in 1864, in Ashtabula, O.; Benjamin Southwick, resided in
Waterville, N. Y. ; Warren Kellogg; Daniel Kellogg, m. and
had ch. A descendant of this family is Mrs. Senator Plumb
of Atchison, Kan.
1077. vii. BEULAH, b. Mar. 4, 1770; m. Nathan Sweetser, b. Mar. 2, 1768.
She d. s. p. and he m. 2d, Sept. i, 1800, Lydia Johnson, of Ac-
ton, by whom he had ten children. He was a farmer and re-
sided in Wendall, where he d. Mar. 8, 1842.
I077^.viii. SALLY, b. Mar. 30, 1766.
1077;^. ix. LOIS, b. Jan. 16, 1772; m. and had 12 ch. ; res. in Vermont.
I07754-X. MOSES, bap. Oct. 2, 1785; prob. d. young, prob. 1800, in New
Salem.
643. DAVID FISKE (David, John, John. Nathaniel, Nathaniel, William,
Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Windham, Conn., Dec. 17, 1726; m.
there Mar. 26, 1747, Sarah Farnam. With his son, David, Jr., he served in the
company from Windham, Conn., in the Rev. War (see Conn. Rev. reports). Res.
Hampton, Windham Co., Conn.
1078. i. AMAZIAH, b. Oct. 6, 1747; m. and Priscilla
1079. ii- SARAH, b. Apr. 13, 1749; d. unm. Feb. 4, 1796.
1080. iii. DAVID, b. Aug. 12, 1754; d. July 24. 1775, ni the Revolutionary
148 FISKE GENEALOGY.
1083.
1084.
11.
io8,S.
111.
1086.
IV.
1087.
V.
1088.
VI.
1089.
vii
1090.
vu
1091.
IX.
army. He was in the company from Windham (see Conn.
Rev. reports).
1081. iv. LUCY, b. Apr. 27, 1760.
1082. V. HANNAH, b. July 29, 1765.
645. JONATHAN FISKE (David, John, John, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Will-
iam, Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Windham, Conn., July 4, 1731;
m. there Aug. 5, 1750, Elizabeth Scott; d. there Feb. 15, 1761; m. 2d there Mar. 18^
1762, Sarah Leach. Res. Windham, Conn.
JONATHAN, b. Dec. 13, i7So; d. Oct., 1754.
DAVID, b. May 29, 1752; d. Nov., 1754.
JONATHAN, b. Aug. 15, 1755; m. Mehitable Smith.
MARY, b. Feb. 17, 1758; d. July 29, 1760.
ELIZABETH, b. Jan. 22, 1761.
JOHN, b. Jan. 22, 1761. He was a celebrated singer, and died
about 1810, leaving a son Nathan, who went to Vermont in
1824.
MARGERY, b. Oct. g, 1763.
viii. DAVID, b. June 9, 1770.
NATHAN, b. Oct. 7, 1772.
646. CAPT. ASA FISK (David, John, John, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, William,
Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Windham, Conn., May 26, 1733; m.
there Mar. 19, 1755, Elisabeth Knight of Norwich, Conn., dau. of Joseph and Eliz-
abeth (Tracy) Knight. She d. Mar. 6, 1818. Capt. Asa Fisk emigrated to Wales
from Hampton, Conn., thereafter abode and died there; when first he came or soon
after he acquired the ownership of the premises constituting and connecting with
the "Oliver Wales Tavern Stand." There he dwelt, and for some time kept an
inn or house of public entertainment. Subsequently he disposed of that estate
and purchased a large tract of land in the southern part of the town, upon which
he established and through after life maintained his family home. That tract was
upon the elevated ground or high land situated a little distance off the direct
road to Stafford in our approachment of Stafford line. That elevation received
from him the significant name of Fisk Hill. His old premises, or rather the cen-
tral and main part thereof, are now owned by Moses Davis, and dwelt upon by
him, and derive from him their modern name of Davis Place. He possessed
much strength and penetration of mind, solidity of judgment and inflexibleness
of purpose mixed up with some of the spirit of domination and arbitrariness. As
an agriculturist he was judicious, skillful, thoroughgoing. As a townsman, he was
prominent, conspicuous, influential. As a military officer, he was manly and
commanding in his mien, well informed in tactics, resolute and efficient in dis-
cipline. One occurrence in his life opened a doorway through which to question
his patriotism: In the time of "Shay's war" he took sides with the party opposed
to the government and was appointed a captaincy in the opposing and rebellmg
forces, but as he had enough of that "better part of valor," discretion, to restrain
him from the commission of any overt act of rebellion, he finally got out of the
scrape without being overwhelmed or greatly damaged thereby. All things con-
sidered, Capt. Fisk must be set down as a very good man for this town. Let us
not be found undervaluing his virtue, says the Wales historian: "Elizabeth,
Fidelity is compelling us to say her virtues were many and must be unforgot."
Another correspondent says: He kept a country store on the hill where he
lived, and that he owned in his farm 400 acres, and that Shay's war cost him
considerable property. Also that he sent two sons, aged 14 and 16, to the Revolu-
tionary war. My grandfather Elisha was one. Both were drummers. The com-
pany that they were in arrived at Cornwallis surrender one hour after the sur-
render. He was lieutenant in the company of minute men \yhich marched to the
Lexington alarm, and was afterward and for some time captain in the Continental
army. His gravestone is as follows:
Capt
Asa Fisk
died
9 Feby 1812 AE
78
FISKE GENEALOGY. 149
Close by is a stone which reads thus:
Mrs. Elizabeth
Relict of
Capt Asa Fisk
died
3 Nov 1818 AE 86
He d. Feb. 9, 1812; res. Windham, Conn., Wales, Mass.
1092. i. STEPHEN, b. Apr. 28, 1763; m. Sarah Parker.
1093. ii. ELISABETH, b. Jan. 20, 1765; m. Nov. 20, 1784, Elisha Davis.
Ch.: Philip, b. Nov. 8, 1784; Elisha, b. Aug. 8, 1786; Alfred,
b. Jan. 13, 1789; Sally, b. Aug. 8, 1791; Porter, b. Aug. 2, 1794.
Elisha Davis came from Mansfield, Conn., in 1783, and re-
turned to Connecticut in 1796.
1094. iii. EUNICE, b. Oct. 24, 1768; m. May 30, 1787, Jonathan Need-
ham; res. Wales, Mass. He died about the year 1813, aged
49 She died about the year 1797, aged 29. Ch.: Raysal, b.
Aug. 8, 1787; Sally, b. Mar. 29, 1789; Asa, b. , 1791: d.
1871; Jonathan, b. June, 1793; Chester, b. , 1795.
1095. i\-. OLIVE, b. June 5, 1770; m. Apr. 11, 1791, Samuel Fisk, and res.
in Holland, Mass.
1096. V. ASA, b. Feb. 26, 1772; m. Amanda Coolej^ Sally Colburn and
A'lary Jane Davidson.
1097. vi. SALLY, b. July 26, 1774; m. and res. N. Y. state.
1098. vii. LUCY, b. Mar. 24, 1776.
1099. viii. PERSY, b. Mar. 6, 1778. Res. Wales, Mass. Ch.: William, b.
June 24, 1804; Austin, b. Feb. 14, 1806; m. there Sylvanus Bol-
ton, from Taunton, Mass. Rhodolphus, b. Dec. 28, 1808;
Washington, b. Mar. 9, 1810; Sylvanus, b. Apr. 28, 181 1.
They rev. to Vermont.
1 100. i.x. HEZEKIAH, b. June 2, 1756; m. Eleanor Cooley.
itoi. X. ELISHA, b. 1762; m. Zurvish Parker and Hannah Wheeler.
1102. xi. ASA, b. Windham, Conn., Dec. 21, 1757; d. before 1772.
1 103. xii. HANNAH, b. Windham, Apr. 17, 1759; m. Sept. 3, 1777, Joseph
Hunger; res. Wales, Mass. Had ch.: Asa, Loving, Roysal,
and rev. to Vermont.
651. JOHN FISKE (Thomas, William, John, Nathaniel, William, Robert,
Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Wat. Apr. 24, 1728; m. Jan. 18, 1753, Eliz-
abeth Harrington, b. Jan. 10, 1731, dau. of Jonas. He was a blacksmith in Wal-
tham. He was in the expedition, against Lake George, in 1758, in Capt. Jonathan
Brown's company. Res. Watertown, Mass.
1 104. i. THOMAS, b. Aor. 11, 1758.
1 105. ii. ELIZABETH, b. July 18, 1760.
1 106. iii. ABIGAIL, b. May 12, 1763; m. Jan. 8, 1784, Joel Harrington,
b. Oct. 31, 1754; d. Mar. 28, 1805; res. Wat. Ch. : Abigail, b.
Dec. 19, 1784; d. Dec. 27, 1784. Joel, b. Dec. 19, 1784; d. Dec.
29, 1784. Joel, b. May 2, 1786; m. Jerusha Perry; res Weston.
1 107. iv. ANNA, b. May 25, 1765.
652. ABIJAH FISKE (Thomas, William, John, Nathaniel, William, Robert,
Simon, Simon. William, Symond), b. Wat. Mar. 12, 1729: m. May 24, 1753, Eliza-
beth Upham; b. Jan. 15. 1724. She m. :i6, Feb. 23, 1775, Col. John Trowbridge, of
Fram. He left a will dated May 16, 1774, and it was proved July 12, following.
At the time of his death he was an innholder in Waltham.
(Midd. Prob. records, v. 55, 380.) May 16, 1774, for Abijah Fiske, Waltham.
In holder. Will. To wife Elizabeth, incpr of whole estate till Son Abijah 21 —
to sons Amos & Abijah, all remainder of estate — to 3 drs. Mary, Elizabeth, Ase-
neth. Wife Elizabeth, Ex'x.
He d. 1774; res. Watertown and Waltham, Mass.
1108. i. AMOS, b. Apr. 25, 1754; m. May 29, 1777, Mary Whitney, of
Weston, b. Dec. 11, 1744, dau. of William. He was in the
Rev. war and rev. to Ohio.
1 109. ii. ABIJAH, b. Nov. i, 1755; m. Alice Adams.
HID. iii. ELIAS, b. Feb. 3, 1757; d. July, 1757.
160 FISKE GENEALOGY.
nil. iv. MARY, b. Sept. g, 1759; d. 1760.
1 1 12. V. MARY, b. Oct. 10, 1761; m. Zaccheus Weston, and d. 1809, leav-
ing issue.
1 1 13. vi. ELIZABETH, b. Apr. 3, 1763; m. 1783, ]\Iajor Josiah Stone, Jr.,
of Fram., and had 11 ch. (See Barry's Hist, of Pram. [400] ) ;
b. Feb. 22, 1762; res. Fram.; ch.: Wm. Fiske, b. Apr. 10, 1784;
m. Harriet Brigham, an i\L D., was Reg. of Deeds of Mid.
Co.; res. Camb. Luther, b. May 6, 1786; m. Mary Eaton.
Nancy, b. . Abijah, b. ; m. Martha Buckminster;
res. Westboro. Aseneth, b. 1790; d. May 30, 1842. Mary, b.
; m. Jabez G. Fisher, of West. Micah, b. ; res.
Fram.; at his death was Pres. of Fram. bank. Eliza P., m.
Jos. Lothrop; d. 1844. Josiah, m. Sophia Brigham, of Way-
land. He m. 2d, Nancy Stone. He was selectman in 1801
for 3 years.
1114. vii. ASANATH, b. Sept. 2, 1766; m. Nov. 18, 1794, Nathan Eaton,
of Fiam.; bap. Aug. 23, I/67; d. Apr. 26, 1812.
653. DAVID FISKE (Thomas, William, John, Nathaniel, William, Robert,
Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Lex. Oct. 8, 1731; m. Apr. 16, 1761, Eliza-
beth Mansfield, b. June 20, 1743; d. ; m. 2d, at Lincoln, Oct. 31, 1765, Re-
be,cca Garfield, of Lincoln; b. Sept. 23, 1745. He d. in 1800; res. Woburn and
Lincoln, Mass.
1115. i. REBECCA, b. Oct. 26, 1766; m. Mar. 18, 1798, Caleb Cutler.
1116. ii. DAVID, b. Apr. 2, 1768; d. Oct. 22, 1780.
1 1 17. iii. ELIJAH, b. Mar. 24, 1770; m. Anna Harrington and Bathsheba
Brooks.
1118. iv. ABRAHAM, b. Apr. 4, 1773; m. Grace Hagar.
1119. V. THOMAS, b. Feb. i, 1776; d. Aug. 6, 1778.
1120. vi. HANNAH, b. Nov. 7, 1777; m. Nov. 21, 1797, town records say
Sept. 13, 1799, Daniel Wheeler, of Concord.
1121. vii. LUCY, b. Dec. 3, 1779; m. Oct. 14, 1802, Jesse Wheeler, of
Concord.
1122. viii. SUKEY. b. Jan. 27. 1782: d. Nov. 7, 1803.
1123. ix. DAVID, b. ,May 4. 1784; d. July 26, 1806.
655. JONATHAN FISKE (Thomas, William. Jnim. Nathaniel, William,
Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Lex. May 14, 1735; m. Jung 7, 1763,
Abigail Lawrence, b. Dec. 6, 1744, d. Oct. 21, 1803. He was a Middlesex County
farmer. He d. in Waltham. The inventory of his estate was taken May 28, 1787,
and Apr. 5, 1794, his estate was divided, widow Abigail received her dower: To
Phinehas, eldest son, double share; the other children mentioned are Jacob,
Thomas, Susanna, Abigail and Avis. He d. Mar. 30, 1787; res. Watertown. Mass.
PHINEHAS, b. Dec. 27, 1765; m. Abigail Stearns.
JONATHAN, b. Dec. 14, 1767: m. Mary E. Baker.
JACOB, b. Jan. 13, 1770; m. Sarah Flagg.
SUSANNA, b. Jan. 30, 1774; m. Feb. 2, 1792, Amos Bemis. b.
Oct. 6, 1760: res. Lincoln. She d. Nov. 12, 1827. Ch. : Maria,
b. July II, 1792; m. William Hoar; his name was changed to
William H. Pierce; res. Phil. Jonathan, b. June 30, 1794; d.
unm. Susanna, b. July 11, 1796; m. Major E. Flint. Eliza,
b. — — ; m. Oliver Hastings. Amos, b. Nov. i, 1801; m.
Lucy Wheeler. Caroline, b. June 6, d. July, 1804. Charlotte,
b. June 6, 1804; m. Abel Wheeler; res. Lincoln. George, b.
; m. Martha Field. Ellen, b. ;• m. John Prentiss,
of Phil.
1128. V. ABIGAIL, b. Feb. 11, 1776: d. Oct., 1842..
1129. vi. AVIS, b. Apr. 6, 1778; m. May 3. 1798, William Wellington, son
of William and Mary (Whitney), b. Dec. 11, 1769; res. Wal-
tham and Lex. Ch.: Mary, b. Feb. 11. 1799; m. Aaron Hol-
brook. Jonathan Fiske, b. Jan. 5, 1801: m. Abigail Cope. Ada-
line, b. ^lar. 8, 1803; m. Nathaniel W. Stearns. He was b.
Dec. 3, 1795; m. Dec. 13, 1827, and d. in Waltham July 9, 1849;
a dealer in West India goods. His wife d. Jan. 2, 1890: ch. :
II 24.
1125.
1 126.
iii.
1 127.
IV.
FISKE GENEALOGY. 161
1132.
II33-
11.
II34-
111.
II35-
IV.
II 36.
V.
II37-
VI.
1138.
vn.
II39-
vin.
1 140.
IX.
1141.
X.
1 142.
XI.
Watson, b. Sept. 13. 1828; m. May 20, 1851. Charles Shepard,
b. April, 1832: d. Jan. 9. 1849. Adeline Wellington, b. June
II, 1834; m. Jan. 4. i860, Frank E. Stanley, b. Dec. 7, 1832; res.
Waltham; is a provision dealer; ch. : i, Nora Franklin, b. July
17, 1861; m. Mar. 8, 1884. 2, Bernard Watson, b. May 3, 1865;
m. Sept., 1889. 3, Nora Franklin Smiley, Waltham, Mass. 4,
Bernard Watson Stanley, Waltham, Mass. 5, Henry, b. Apr.,
1837; d. Nov. 16, 1851. 6, Mary Crehove, b. May 17, 1840; unm.;
P. O. address Waltham, Mass. Abigail, b. July 15, 1805; d.
Oct. 15, 1806; Abigail, b. Feb. 11, 1806; m. Nov. 25, 1827, Na-
thaniel Pierce. William, b. Mar. 29, 1808; m. Rebecca Ames.
1 130. vii. MARY, b. May 18, 1780.
1131. viii. THOMAS, b. Apr. 13, 1785; m. .
669. SAMUEL FiSKE (Samuel, William, John, Nathaniel, William, Rob-
ert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Wat. Nov. 2, 1741; m. Oct. 29, 1761,
Abigail White, bap. Aug. 20, 1738. He was a farmer; res. Waltham, Mass.
ABIGAIL, b. Feb. 9, 1762; m. Jan. 8, 1784, Joel Harrington.
ANNA, b. Apr. 11, 1764; m. June 7, 1783, Peter Edes, of Waltham.
ELIJAH, b. Sept. 26, 1765; m. Lydia Livermore.
JONATHAN, b. Dec. 14, 1767; d. in infancy.
JONAS, b. Apr. 12, 1768; m. Ruth Pierce and Abigail Pierce.
SAMUEL, b. Sept. 24, 1769; m. Hannah Babcock.
WILLIAM, b. Dec. 20, 1770; m. Eunice White.
FRANCIS, b. Aug. 24, 1772; m. Sarah Livermore.
ROBERT, b. Mar. 15, 1774; d. June 30. i774-
ROBERT, b. June 9, 1775; m. Nancy Stratton.
POLLY, b. June 20, 1777; m. Sept. 13, 1798, Edward Child, b.
Jan. 12. 1772; res. Weston.
1143. xii. NATHAN, b. Dec. 6, 1779; m. Anna L,. Mason.
672. HON. WILLIAM FISKE (Samuel, William, John, Nathaniel, William,
Robert, Simon, Simon. William, Symond), b. Wat. Dec. 28. I753; "i- Nov., 1776,
Hannah Cook, b. Apr. 30, 1751. dau. of Samuel; m. 2d, Ruth Smith. He was b. in
Watertown, was graduated at Harvard College in 1772; was for years Justice of
the Peace at Waltham.
Wm. Fiske of Waltham was a mem Mass His Society "Was the son of Samuel
.Fiske, a worthy farmer of Waltham" — Supposed b. at Waltham in Dec 1753
studied with Rev Mr Woodward of Weston, ''Who was at the time much es-
teemed, not only for his professional, but for his classical learning." Mr. F. gr
at H. C. in 1772. Was Lawyer in Waltham. &c. (See Biographical notice vol 9,
p 206 1st series IMass His Society's Coll.).
He d. Aug. 13. 1803; res. Waltham. Mass.
1144. i. WILLIAM, b. Mar. 13, 1777.
1 145. ii. RUTH, b. Apr. 15, 1783; m. May 3, 1801, Abner Wellington, bap.
Sept. 7, 1777, son of Samuel, of Waltham and Wat. He d.
Apr. 24, 1804, and his wid. m. 2d, Oct. 13, 1805. Elisha Whitney
Dana, of Wat. Ch.: Abigail, b. Apr. 10, 1802; m. Isaac Rob-
bins. Esq. Ruth, b. Nov. 14, 1803.
CHARLES, b. July 15, 1785; gr. H. C. 1805; d. 1847.
CYRUS, b. Apr. 5, 1787.
JAMES, b. June 14, 1789.
JOHN. b. Sept. 7. 1791-
EDWIN, b. Feb. 5. i794-
BENJ. FRANKLIN, b. Aug. 17, 1796.
CAROLINE, b. Aug. 11, 1799.
675. NATHAN FISK (Nathan, Nathan, Nathan, Nathaniel, William, Robert,
Simon, Simon. William. Symond), b. Wat. Feb. 25, 1701; m. Dec. 9, 1730, Anne
Warren, b. Feb., 171 1. dau. of Dea. John of Weston, d.- Oct. i. 1736; m. 2d, Feb. 21,
1738, Mary Fiske, bap. June 30, 1712, dau. of Dea. Jonathan Fiske of Lex. and Sud-
bury (see). After the death of her husband she was killed by a fall from a horse
on a visit to Sudbury on horseback. His will is dated Oct. 13, 1765. In the Name
of God Amen, the Thirtieth Dav of October, anno Domini one thousand Seven
1 146.
111.
1 147.
IV.
1 148.
v.
1 149.
VI.
1 150.
vn.
II5I.
vin,
1 152.
IX.
162 FISKE GENEALOGY.
Hundred & Sixty five in the Sixth (&c year of the Reign of George the third king
of Great Britain I Nathan Fisk of Weston in the County of Middlesex in the
province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England yeoman.
Being advanced in age, but of perfect mind, and having my memory, thanks
be to God, therefore, calling to inind the mortality of my Body, & knowing that
'tis appointed for all men once to Dy, do ordain and make this my last Will &
Testament, that is to say, principally and first of all, I give and recommend my
soul into the Hands of God that gave it, and my body, to the Earth, to be buried
in a Christian decent manner, nothing doubting but at the general resurrection I
shall receive, the same again by the mighty power of God: And as touching the
world-things-or Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this life; I give
demise & dispose of the same in the following manner and form.
Imprimis I give & Bequeath to Mary my Beloved Wife, & to Her Heirs for-
ever, all my indoor or House-hold Stuff (excepting Cash, Bonds & notes for
money, my wearing apparrel Library one bed & bedding & my clock) and also I
give to my s'd wife the improvement of one half of my Real Estate during the
time she shall remain my widow, and if she shall see cause to marry, she shall
Quit, all her right in my Real Estate, and also I Give to my s'd wife the use of my
clock during her natural life, she keeping it in good repair.
Item. I give and bequeath unto Nathan Fisk my Eldest and Beloved son
twenty pounds, L. money to be paid to him in one year after my decease by my
Executors hereafter named.
Item. I give & bequeath to Jonathan Fisk my beloved son and to his heirs and
assigns forever, the one half of my Real Estate, land, and buildings wherever it is
to be found, and when it is divided he shall have the first choice, he making no
charge for labour or building, he paying out what is hereafter mentioned.
Item. I give and bequeath to Ezra Fisk my Beloved son and to his Heirs
one Hundred & Sixty pounds L. money, to be paid to him in two years after my
decease by my Executors hereafter named. I also give my s'd son Ezra one bed
& bedding, & liberty to dwell in my house so longe as he lives Single.
Item. I give & bequeath unto my beloved son Samuel Fisk, the other half
of my Real Estate where ever it is to be found, he making no charge for buildings
or labour done on my Real Estate he paying out what is hereafter mentioned.
Item. I give & bequeath unto Anna Bigelow my beloved daughter, ten pounds
L. money, & to her heirs, to be paid to her, within Three years after my decease,
by my Executors hereafter named.
Item. I give and bequeath to Mary Fisk, my beloved daughter, and to her
heirs fifty pounds L. money if she arives to the age of twenty one years, or on
her marriage day, to be paid to her, by my Executors hereafter named.
Item. I also give and bequeath to my afore's'd wife, and to all my children,
my library. I do also give & bequeath to my four sons before named, my wearing
apparil.
Item. I also give and bequeath to my two sons Jonathan & Samuel before
named all my cash, bonds and notes for money, and all my personal estate or
Stock, all my husbandry tools & utencils, and whatsoever is not heretofore given,
and bequeathed, they namely, my two sons Jonathan and Samuel, paying out all
the before mentioned legacies, and all my lawful debts & funeral charges.
Item. I also give and bequeath to my son Jonathan Fisk my clock, to be his
after my wife deceases. I also constitute make & ordain my two sons Jonathan
& Samuel Fisk to be the Sole Executors of this my last will and Testament, and I
do hereby ratify and confirm this and no other to be my last will & Testament.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year
above written. Nathan Fisk & Seal.
Signed Sealed pronounced and
Declared by the said Nathan Fisk to
be his last will and Testament in
the presence of
Braddyll Smith
Tho's Russell
Joseph Russell
Simeon Smith.
This will was proved June 27, 1769.
He d. Jan. 4, 1769: res. Weston, Mass.
FISKE GENEALOGY. 153
1153. i. ANNE, b. Dec. 8, 1731; m. Oct. 24, 1751, Abraham Bigelow, b.
1713, son of Lieut. Thomas of Walth. and Marlboro. He res.
Weston. Ch. : By ist wife: i. Isaac, b. Nov. 30, 1736; d. Jan.
I, 1748. 2. Joseph, b. Sept. 30, 1738; d. Dec. 20, 1748. 3. Abi-
gail, b. Oct. I, 1740; d. Jan. 7, 1748. 4. Abraham, b. Feb. 26,
1742; d. July, 1753. 5. Jesse, b. Mar., 1746; d. July, 1746. 6.
Jesse, b. June 20, 1747; d. Jan. 12, 1748. 7. Isaac, b. May 2,
1750; gr. Harvard College, 1769, a clergyman; d. May 2, 1777.
By Anne: 8, Abigil, b. Aug. 10, 1752; m. Rev. Thomas Pren-
tice of Medfield. 9. Anna, b. Nov. 4, 1754: m. Rev. Thomas
Haven of Reading. 10, Abraham, b. June 13, 1758; d. young.
II. Amos, b. Sept. 30, 1760; m. Lucy Savage. 12. Abraham, b.
Sept. 18, 1762; gr. Harvard College, 1782; m. Hepzibah Jones;
res. Canib. 13. John, b. Apr. 14, 1765; m. Lydia Spreig. 14.
Samuel, b. Sept. 4, 1773.
1 154. ii. NATHAN, b. Sept. 9, 1733; m. Sarah Hill, Mrs. Elizabeth
(Breck) Treat and Mrs. Hannah (Wells) Reynolds.
1155. iii. SARAH, b. Julv 26. 1736; d. Nov. 7. 1743 of dysentery, "a lovely
child."
1156. iv. JONATHAN, b. Dec. 15. 1739: m. Abigail Fiske.
1157. V. EZRA, b. Dec. 25, 1740: d. unm. non. comp. mentis.
1158. vi. SAMUEL, b. July 9, 1742: m. Mary Parkhurst and Abigail Mur-
dock.
1159. vii. THADDEUS, b. Feb. 19, 1743: d. Jan. 20. 1748. scarlet fever.
1160. viii. MARY, b. Apr. 22, 1747; d. Jan. 4. 1748.
1161. ix. OLIVER, b. Sept. 14, 1748; d. young.
1162. X. MARY. b. Jan. 21, 1750; m. May 15, 1770. Samuel Learned of
Camb.
1163. xi. HEPZIBAH, b. Aug. 10, 1754; m. Apr. 15, 1787, Abraham Jones,
Jr., b. Feb. 12, 1762; res. Weston.
676. DEA. JOSIAH FISKE (Nathan, Nathan, Nathan, Nathaniel, William,
Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Wat. Oct. 10, 1704; m. Sarah Law-
rence, b. June 20, 1708, dau. of John and Anne (Tarball), of Lex.; d. 1798. He was
selectman 1749-50, assessor 1743-44-48. He was dismissed to the Groton church
May 13, 1753, and settled in Pepperell, where the births of his children (b. in
Waltham) are recorded. He was deacon of the Congregational church, leading
man in the town, and resided in that part of Groton incorporated later as Pep-
perell. For some years he was town clerk at Groton, and later the first town
clerk of Pepperell for twenty years. His will is dated Sept. i, 1778, and proved
Jan. 23, 1779. He d. Oct. 2.-/, 1778; res. Waltham, Groton and Pepperell, Mass.
1164. i. DAVID, b. Jan. 28, 1727; d. Oct. 28, 1729.
1165. ii. SARAH, b. Aug. 7, 1729; d. May 19, 1731.
1166. iii. DAVID, b. Dec. 16, 1731; d. Feb. i, 1766. He was accidentally
killed by an apple thrown from a church window- at an ordina-
tion in Lunenburg, Mass.
1167. iv. JOSIAH, b. Feb. 12, 1733; m. Sarah Colburn.
1168. v. SARAH, b. Oct. 7, 1736; m. Apr. 14, 1756, Simon Gilson, and
had 10 ch.
1169. vi. AMOS, b. May 10, 1739; m. Mary Whitney.
1170. vii. DANIEL, b. May 18, 1742; m. Elizabeth Varnum.
1 171. viii. ANNA, b. Feb. 16. 1744; d. Feb. 12, 1745.
1172. ix. ANN.A., b. Dec. 16, 1747; m. Mar. 3, 1768, Dr. Ephraim Law-
rence, of Pepperell. She d. June 12, 1774, ae. 27. He was b.
Mar. 31, 1735; d. 1812. Was a physician; res. Pepperell. Ch. :
Ebenezer, b. Jan. 9, 1770; gr. Harvard College in 1795; a
physician; res. Hampton, N. H. Anna, b. July 26, 1772; m.
Isaac B. Farrar; res. New Ipswich, N. H. Ruth, b. Apr. 8,
1777. Sarah, b. Apr. 18. 1779: d. Dec. 16, 1779. Dr. Law-
rence m. 2d, and had 6 ch.
1173. X. ABEL, b. May 28, 1752; m. Anna Spalding and Sarah Putnam.
677. LIEUT. HENRY FISKE (Nathan. Nathan, Nathan, Nathaniel, Will-
iam, Robert, Simon, Simon. William. Symond), b. Wat. Jan. 24, 1706; m. there
Jan. 10, 1737, Mary Stone, b. Feb. 22. 1705. dau. of John. She d. June 2, 1805.
154 FISKE GENEALOGY.
1 175.
11.
1 1 76.
111.
1 177.
IV.
1 1 78.
V.
1 179.
VI.
1 180.
Vll.
1I8I.
viii
1 182.
IX.
1 183.
X.
1 184.
XI.
1 185.
xu.
1 186.
xii
1187.
xi\
He was born in Watertown, where he resided for some time, finally moving to
Medfield. With his brother Daniel he was one of the first proprietors of New
Medfield, incorporated as Sturbridge and settled in that new town at an early-
date. He was elected selectman at the first meeting, Sept. 18, 1738, after the in-
corporation of the town; was often selectman, town clerk and treasurer. He
was Lieut, in the colonial forces, member of the church, and a highly respected and
esteemed citizen. His will is dated Dec. 13, 1789, and mentions grandchildren
Mary Fay Durand and Sarah.
He d. Mar. i, \'j(yy. res. New Medfield, now Sturbridge, Mass.
1174. i. MARY, b. Jan. 29, 1738; m. John Fay, who was killed in battle
at Bennington Aug. 16, 1777. She d. Aug. 31, 1777.
DANIEL, b. Jan. 12, 1740; d. Jan. 12, 1740.
HENRY, b. Nov. 13, 1740; d. Nov. 15, 1740.
SUSAN, b. Sept. 19, 1741; m. July i, 1762, Stephen Fay, of Hard-
wick. She d. Dec. 26, 1812. He was b. 1739: d. May 26, 1804.
ARMILLA, b. Aug. 24, 1743; d. Sept. 13. 1754.
HENRY, b. Aug. 16, 1745, m. Sarah Fiske.
ANNA, b. June 11, 1747; m. Dec. 30, 1766. Silas Corbin, of
Woodstock. She d. Nov. 15, 1844.
viii. SAMUEL, b. T\Iar. 30, 1749; d. Sept. i<), i:7,=;4-
THOAL\S, b. Mar. 2, I7=;t. d. Sept. 16, I754-
RUTH. b. Feb. 17, 1754; d. Sept. 29, i754-
SIMEON, b. Mar. 26, 1755; m. Mary Gould and Lydia Bugbee.
BULAH, b. Apr. 26, 1757; m. Jan. 27, 1780, Solomon Jones, of
Brimfield. She d. Feb. 28, 1848. He d. Apr. 10, 1812.
xiii. DAVID, b. Dec. 19, 1759; m. Eleanor Jones,
xiv. EUNICE, b. Nov. 21, 1761; m. Feb. 18, 1784, Joshua Woodbury,
of Sutton, b. Feb. 10, 1760; d. Aug. 8, 1825.
678. DEA. DANIEL FISKE (Nathan, Nathan, Nathan, Nathaniel, William,
Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Wat. Aug. 19, 1709; m. in Weston,
Mar. 31^ 1743, Deliverence Brown, b. Nov. 11, 1720, dau. of Dea. Benj.; d. July
26, 1758; m. 2d, Feb. 19. 1760, Jemima Shaw, of Sturbridge.
He was born in Watertown, and with his brother, Lieut. Henry, became an
early resident and one of the first proprietors of Sturbridge; was elected deacon
of the church and held many town offices, selectman, assessor, etc. His will is
dated Mar. 14, 1778, and is on record in the Worcester Probate office (see Bar-
bour Hist. Collections of Massachusetts).
Henry and Daniel Fisk went from Watertown, Mass., to New Medfield, later
called Sturbridge, Alass., and commenced a settlement on what is now called Fisk-
hill, in the year 1731. While clearing m the timber one day they heard some one
chopping on the other side of the Quinnebog river. They did not know of any
white man being near them, so they went to the bank of the river and shouted
until a man replied and came to the opposite bank and said his name was Hyde.
Daniel Fisk proposed to make a bridge so they could cross over and become
acquainted, so Fisk and Hyde felled a tree from each bank of the river and the tops
locked together so thnt persons could cross, for a number of years, and was there-
fore of great convenience to the people. When high water came this bridge would
stir, or move down the river, therefore when they named the town they named it
Sturbridge, after the above described bri.dge. Two joining towns are called North-
bridge and Southbridge. The Fisks also named Fiskhill, Fiskdale and Fiskfac-
tories, all of which they once owned and occupied.
Daniel Fisk kept -i record of Remarkable Events, and in that book, among
others, is found: Rcn-arcable Dark Day May 19th 1780 — Baptist Meeting House
raised on Fiskhill, Sturbridge, Mass., June 3d, 1784— Terrible Huricane Aug.
23d 1786— Shase's Insurection in Mass. 1787— Very Hard Frost May 17, 1774-
Remarcable Total Eclips of the Sun June 16, 1806— A Terrible Tornado Sep'r 23,
1815-^Cold Summer but little corn 1S16.
He d. Mar. 15, 1778. of smallpox, which he contracted in Boston while serving
as representative of his town. His wid. m. 2d, Dec. 17, 1799. Dea. Samuel Green,
of Leicester, where she d. July 2. 1810. She was buried in S. near the grave o£
Dea. Daniel. Res. Sturbridge, Mass.
1788. i. ANM-.. b. May 9, 1744: d. Aug. 11. T746.
FISKE GENEALOGY. 155
1189. ii. SARAH, b. Aug. 12, 1746; m. May. 5, 1774, her cousin, Dea.
Henry Fiske, Jr. She d. Dec. 11, 1815. He d. Dec. 10, 1815.
Both buried the same daJ^
1190. iii. DANJEL, b. May 12, 1748; m. Ehzabeth Morse.
1191. iv. JOSHUA, b. Aug. 26, 1750; d. in the Rev. army in 1778.
1 192. V. NATHAN, b. June 20. 1755; d. Aug. 25, 1756.
1 193. vi. DELIVERENCE, b. July 31, 1757; m. 1778, Silas Marsh, of
Sturbridge. She d. Dec. 19, 1842.
1 194. vii. JEMIMA, b. Nov. 22, 1760; m. Feb. 6. 1783, Joshua Harding, Jr.,
of Sturlaridge. She d. Dec. 7, 1841. A son, Daniel Fiske, gr.
Brown University in 1809, a lawyer; res. Union, Me.
1195. viii. NATHAN, b. Apr. 4, 1762; m. Abigail Lyon.
1196. ix. LYDIA, b. Apr. 4, 1762; m. Feb. 6, 1783, Oliver Plimpton, b.
Sept. 7, 1758; d. Apr. 26, 1832, a corporal in Rev. war. She
d. Dec. 20. 1851, the oldest person in S. Both received pen-
sions.
1 197. X. SUSANNAH, b. Feb. 6, 1764: m. 1784 Capt. Samuel Newell, a
soldier in the Rev. war. 8 ch., one Dolly, b. Dec. 25, 1788: m.
Hon. William Earned Marcy. He was born Dec. 12. 1786, in
Southbridge, Mass., and died in JBallston Spa., N. Y., July 4,
1857. He was graduated at Brown in 1808, and studied law
in Troy, N. Y. Was later admitted to the bar there and at
once began the practice of his profession. In the war of 1812
he served as First Lieutenant and achieved distinction by
capturing the Canadian forces, being the first prisoners taken
on land, and their flag was the first captured in the war. At
the close of the war he had attained the rank of Captain, and
returned to the practice of the law. He held minor political
city offices, was at one time editor of the "Troy Budget." In
1821 he was appointed Adj. Gen. of the State Militia by Gov.
Van Buren. In 1823 he was comptroller of the State, and in
1829 he was appointed one of the associate justices of the Su-
preme Court of New York. One of the most important
cases before him was the trial of the alleged murderers of
William Morgan, of anti-masonic fame. He continued on the
bench until 1831, when he was elected to the United States
Senate. He resigned in 1833 to become Governor of the State
of New York, which office he held for three terms, imtil 1839.
In 1840 he was appointed bj' President Van Buren one of the
commisssioners to decide upon the claims against the govern-
ment of Mexico. Upon the election of James K. Polk as Pres-
ident, he was appointed Secretary of War, which position he
filled with great credit President Pierce selected him as Sec-
retary of State. At the close of Pierce's administration he
returned to private life, and four months afterward he was
found dead one evening in his library with an open volume
before him. Mr. Marcy had the reputation of being a shrewd
politician and tactician, and probably has never been sur-
passed in this respect by any one in New York except ^lartin
Van Buren. He was regarded among his countrjMnen of all
parties as a statesman of the highest order of administrative
and diplomatic ability.
1198. xi. HANNAH, b. Sept. 24. 1765: m. ]Mar. 27, 1789, Samuel Groves,
of Monson, Mass. She d. Dec, 1836.
1 199. xii. REBECCA, b. Mar. 20, 1768: m. May 10. 1795, John Streeter, and
d. in Cambridge. N. Y.
1200. xiii. AIIRIAM, b. Jan. 30, 1770: m. Salmon Hebard.
1201. xiv. KEZIA. b. Oct. 25, 1771: m. Sept. 29. 1792, Gershom Plimpton,
Esq.. b. Feb. 18. 17G8; d. Apr. 20, 1823. She d. Oct. 8, 1808,
leaving 5 sons and 2 daus. Their eldest son was Moses, b. Oct.
17- 1795: res. Boston. Ho d. Sept. 19, 1854, from injuries re-
ceived by being run over by horses attached to an omnibus.
He had =everal children. From 1816 to 1844 he was one of the
156 FISKE GENEALOGY.
1205.
1206.
11.
iii.
1207.
IV.
1208.
V.
1209.
VI.
I2I0.
Vll.
1211.
1.
1212.
11.
1213.
111.
1214.
IV.
1215.
V.
1216.
VI.
1217.
Vll.
leading men in Southbridge and largely interested in the wel-
fare of the town.
1202. XV. SAMUEL, b. Dec. 30, 1773; m. Sally Lyon.
1203. xvi. LOIS, b. Feb. 8, 1776; m. July 29, 1795, Col. Asa Bacon, of
Charleston. She d. Oct. 21, 1797, s. p.
679. HON. SAMUEL FISKE (Nathan, Nathan, Nathan, Nathaniel, Wil-
liam, Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Wat. Feb. 16, 171 1; m. Mar.
21, 1744, Lydia Bond, b. May 21, 1718, dau. of Thomas. He was representative
1774-76 and justice of the peace for years; selectman 1751-3-4-5-6-7-8-71-2. Thomas
Farrington and Samuel Jones, of Boston, were admr. of his estate. He d. Apr,
20, 1792; res. Watertown, Mass.
1204. i. LYDIA, b. June 21, 1747; d. 1769.
SARAH, b. Oct. 20, 1750.
ELIZABETH, b. July 15, 1753.
MARY, b. Mar. 15, 1755.
LUCY, b. June 30, 1758; d. Aug., 1758.
SAMUEL, b. Oct. 19, 1762; d. 1764.
LUCRETIA, b. Sept. 15, 1764.
682. WILLIAM FISK (William, Nathan, Nathan, Nathaniel, William,
Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. in Watertown, Mass., Apr. 20,
1709; m. Willington, Conn., Jan. 23, 1729, Mary Blancher, d. abt. Jan., 1744;
m. 2d, Mar. 6, 1744, Eunice Whitney. He d. in Conn.; res. Willington, Conn.
WILLIAM, b. Apr. 26, 1732; m. .
MARY, b. July 28, 1734.
EUNICE, b. Mar. 29, 1737.
SARAH, b. May 13, 1739.
HANNAH, b. Mar. 26, 1740.
NATHAN, b. Dec. 13. 1743.
PETER, b. Dec. 24, 1745; d. Dec. 25, 1746.
1218. viii. BENJAMIN, b. Aug. 19, 1748.
683. STEPHEN FISK (William, Nathan, Nathan, Nathaniel, William,
Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Sept. 14, 1714; bap. Weston, Mass.,
Apr. 17, 1715; m. at Willington, Conn., Aug. 5, 1742, Prudence Farley; m. 2d,
(published) June 26, 1758, Anna (Bradish) Green, of Hardwick. He was bap-
tized in Weston, Mass., with his brother. His father and his mother, whose
maiden name was Eunice Jennings, moved to Willington, Conn., where her
brother, Stephen Jennings, had previously located on a large tract of land.
Stephen married his first wife in Connecticut, and resided in Willington, where
he was town clerk for nine years, from 1744 to 1753 inclusive. After her death
he married a second wife in Hardwick, Mass., and located in Greenwich, Mass.,
where he died. He resided in that part now Enfield, and was town clerk from
1758 to 1763.
Rev. Lucius R. Paige, of Cambridgeport, Mass., who wrote the History of
Hardwick, Mass., writes, "on page 386 of that work it is suggested that Annie
Green may have been the widow of John Green, and the mother of two children
by him." John Green was the son of Thomas, and was born in Shrewsbury, Mass.,
Mar. 2, 1726. He m. Anna Bradish Dec. 7, 1751. She was b. June 6, 1729, the dau.
of Dea. James and Damaris (Rice) Bradish (see Conant Genealogy, -Hist, of
Hardwick and Hist, of Shrewsbury). Stephen and his second wife were married
in Hardwick, he of Greenwich and she of that town in Worcester County. There
is a tradition in the family that Stephen's widow was married to a Mr. Chase, for
her second husband. This, I think, is incorrect, for at Warwick, Mass., Jan. 16,
1770, the intention of marriage of Ezra Conant and Anna Fisk (Stephen's widow)
was published. She died in Vermont, and lived to be nearly 100 years old
A descendant in writing of her says this: "My grandfather Fisks Mother,
died in Claremont N. H. over one hundred years old. Dont know the date, but
have heard my Father say so. When she was well along in life, and a widow, she
married Mr Chase then a widower, and an old man Father of Bishop Philemon
Chase, Dudley Chase, U. S. Senator from Vt. and Ithamar Chase, who was
father of Salmon B Chase, the famous member of Lincolns Cabinet." Ezra
Conant married for his first wife in Dudley, Mass., Jan. i. 1745, Melicent Newell,
b. Dec. 19, 1725, d. July, 1769. He married Mrs. Anna Fisk at Warwick. In
FISKE GENEALOGY. 157
1772 Anna Conant, formerly Fisk, guardian of Stephen and James Fisk, sons of
Stephen Fisk, late of Greenwich, Mass., in Hampshire County, petitions to sell
land of her late husband. (Cheshire Co. Court Records, Ezra Conant, Dec. 7,
1804).
The children of Ezra and Anna were: i, Anna, b. May 26, 1771; m. Sept. 13,
1791, Charles Conant, at Warwick, Mass. 2, Clark, b. June 23, 1773, at Warwick,
Mass. Anna (Green) (Fisk) Conant, when very old, used to ride from Claremont,
N. H., horseback, some 50 or 60 miles, to East Randolph, to visit her son Stephen,
and always before going home again used to ride on horseback also three or four
miles up to Randolph Centre Village, to see Dudley Chase, who lived there. Dud-
ley was uncle to Judge Salmon P. Chase. Another brother of Dudley's was 70 years
ago, or more, an Episcopal clergyman, Philemon, having a little wooden church,
quite secluded, on the edge of the town of Bethel, some three miles up stream
toward West Randolph, from Bethel Village. This Philemon Chase became first
Episcopal bishop of Ohio. With him in Ohio lived for awhile his afterward
famous nephew, when a boy, Salmon P.
The Hampshire, Mass., probate records show that April 7, 1767, Capt Jeremiah
Powers was appointed guardian of Rufus Fisk a minor under 14 years, on July
7, 1767, said Powers resigned his trust for the reason that said Rufus was living
in the Colony of Connecticut, on the 7th of April 1767 said Powers was ap-
pointed guardian of Olive Fisk and Mary Fisk minors over 14 years old, and
on the 6 of November 1764 Anna Fisk was appointed guardian of Stephen Fisk
and James Fisk minors under the age of 14 years all said minors are children of
Stephen Fisk.
Stephen's Will. — In the name of God Amen. August ye 17th Anno. Dom 1764,
I Stephen Fisk of Greenwich in the County of Hampshire, Yeoman of sound mind
memory thanks be given to God tho very sick and weak, and calling to minde
the mortality of my Body Knowing it is appinted for all men once to Dy. Do
make and ordain this my Laste will and testament that is to Say principly and
first of all. I, Give and Reccomend my Soul into the hands of God that Gave it,
my Body I reccomend to the earth to Be Buried in Decent Christian Burial at the
Discrsn of my executrix not Doubting But that I shall Receive the same again
By the almighty power of God at the General Ressurrection, and as touching
Such Worldly Eestate wherewith it hath pleased God to Bless me in this World.
I give Devise and Dispse of the Same in manner and forme folloing:
Imprimis I give and Bequeeth to my Belovid wife Anna the one third
pait of all my Estate Both Real and Personal, whome I Do also hereby appoint
Sole Heir and Executrix of this my last will and testament.
Item
I Give and Bequeathe to my three Belovid Sons, Rufus Stephen and James
two thirds of the Remaining Part of my estate, to Be Equilly Divided Between
Them, when they arrive to ful age.
Item
I Give and Bequeath to my three Belovid Daughters Prudence, Olive, and
Mary the Remaining third part of my Estate when they arrive to full age. After
Debts and Funeral Charges are Subducted out of my estate which I Do Give and
Bequeath to all my belovid Children aforesaid; and I Do hereby utterly Revoke
Disannul and make void all and every other will and testament of what name or
nature soever; Ratyfying and Confirming this and no other.
In witness whereof I, have hereunto Set my hand and Seal the Day and Date
above written
Stephen Fisk. [Seal.]
Signed Sealed Published and pronounced and Declaried as the Last will and
testament of the said Stephen Fisk in presence of
Nathan Fisk.
Nathan Fisk Jr.
Josiah Fisk.
Here followeth an Inventory of all the Estate both Real & Personal of Ste-
phen Fisk of Greenwich Lately Deceased as shown by Anna Fisk Administratrix
and Prized by us as the Subscribers (Viz) Tne r'^ome Lot about 10 acres with No
27, 2d Division
158
FISKE GENEALOGY.
£
50 acres adjoining in the
west end of the said
Home Lot 166
To about 20 acres of land
adjoining on the south-
east corner of the home
lot being Part of the Lot
No S7> 2d Division
To about 30 acres of land
Lying to the North East
corner of the sd home
lot origanely laid out to
Nathan Fisk 6
To ten calves i
" Two Oxen 9
One Brass Ketel i
* " Fire sh'el & Tongs. ... 0
* " " "■ •• 0
a frying Pan o
One fire lock 0
" Sadie & Bridle. o
The wearing clothing of
the Deceased 3
Sunday shoes o
* Axes o
an Iron bar o
one cart and wheels 2
Plows & * I
one Pick Fork 0
one Muck fork 0
one Galon Botel 0
one Sith 0
6 Bushels of Rye o
3 Bushels of Wheat 0
harrow teath o
* a damaged lot of hay. ... 7
* three beds & the furne-
ture 10
one table Cloth 0
Indigo * o
* o
10 Pound of hops 0
a Great Wheel o
a dry Hogsed o
Meal 0
2 Meal bags o
one chest i
Wedges & Rings o
one chest o
one table 0
one cheese Press o
one clevis & Pin 0
two Sithes 0
one chain o
* a sith tallon 0
Knives & forks o
one hammer o
7 Chairs 3
3 Cows 9
one hefer * 2
fifteen Sheep 4
13
10
0
4
0
10
0
0
0
6
0
8
0
I
0
13
9
14
0
4
10
6
0
9
0
10
0
0
0
II
0
0
8
4
0
I
0
2
0
18
0
12
0
8
0
6
0
7
4
0
8
I
6
2
8
5
0
2
0
2
0
8
0
2
0
6
0
5
4
7
0
2
6
4
0
I
4
6
0
2
8
I
0
I
0
0
4
4
0
6
8
13
4
10
0
£ s d
one Mare 6 10 0
one Swine o 12 o
William Fisk Note 16 14 9
John Bradish Note 4 15 9
John Bradish Note 346
Nathan Fisk bond 17 9 113
Nathan Fisk Note 963
Indian Corn 16 bushels 228
3 Picks of Beans & Pees... 030
a churn o i 6
one Lanthorne 030
* Enk horse 008
* for Bolts o 8 4
Potatoes o 12 o
* to a Pare of Fetorch o 3 o
Meal Troves o 2 o
Sole Leather 030
a looking Glass 036
Glass hotels 060
an Iron Goose 028
Puter I 4 o
Cofee Pot & Funel 010
Pepper box & Grater 0 o 4
Wooden Plators o 0 2
Wooden Plates 016
Dish o o 6
6 Traps 050
Earthan Jars 016
2 Trowels o 6 8
one Iron Pot o 3 o
one Iron Ketle 050
Monny in hand 0 16 o
To 14 books o 9 8
Batemonds drops 090
1 Loam & Sucklen i 14 8
14 Pounds of Tallow o 7 o
To Pork I 12 o
To Beef i 13 o
Sope 0 4 9
Sadel Bages o 6 8
Warmming Pan & Skilet.. 050
horse chanes 080
a Tub of Butter i 7 6
Oats I o o
Sives 0 3 8
3 Tabels 026
one cow Hide o 7 8
one Note against William
Rogers o 2 o
one Box iron o i 6
2 tubs o 2 o
6 yards all wool cloth 4s 5d
per yd i 7 o
one Pue in the meeting
house ; 3 4 0
Joseph Hinds accompt 080
Greenwich Dated November 19th 1764
Benjamin Cooley
Abr'm Gibbs i
Wm Rogers
FISKE GENEALOGY. 159
He d. Oct. 20, 1764; res. Willington, Conn., and Greenwich, Mass.
1219. i. PRUDENCE, b. Sept. 4, 1745.
1220. ii. OLIVE, b. Aug. 4, 1747.
1221. iii. MARY, b. Oct. 22, 1749.
1222. iv. RUFUS. b. Mar. 28, 1752; m. Dorcas Gleason.
1223. V. STEPHEN, b. Apr. 7, 1759; m. Esther Clark.
1224. vi. JAMES, b. Oct. 4, 1763; m. Priscilla West.
I224j/.vii. HANNAH, b. 1764.
685. NATHAN FISK (WilUam, Nathan, Nathan, Nathaniel, William, Rob-
ert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Willington, Conn., Feb. 13, 1722; m.
there Feb. 14, 1743, Eleanor Whitney. He was a farmer. He was born in Wil-
lington, Conn., to which his parents had removed at an early day. He married
his wife there, and in 1748 moved to Greenwich, Mass. He was a farmer all his
life. He resided in that part afterward incorporated as Enfield, and was town
clerk from 1743 to 1758. Res. Willington, Conn., and Greenwich, Mass.
1225. i. JOSIAH, b. Feb. 8, 1745; m.« Elizabeth Morse.
1226. ii. NATHAN, b. Apr. 17, 1744; m. Ruth Burt.
1227. iii. OLIVER, b. June 13, 1750; d. Nov. 3, 1750.
1228. iv. EXPERIANS, b. Nov. 19, 1751; m. Mary Earl. They res. in
Westminster, Vt. They subsequently resided in Brookfield,
Vt. One of their children was Artemas, who married Cath-
erine Colt. He died in Brookfield, Feb. 28, 1872. They had
I, Almira, who d. June 8, 1894; 2, Edward E., who d. Oct. 2,
1870; 3, Sophia, m. Jan., 1867, Joseph Gecrge Colt; 4, Rox-
anna, m. Nov. 29, 1866, John Lamson.
1222. V. MIRIAM, b. Apr. 8, 1758.
1230. vi. LURANA, b. May 13, 1759.
1231. vii. EUNICE, b. June 26, 1762.
1232. viii. STEPHEN, b. Jan. 26, 1747; m. .
1233. ix. DINAH, b. Jan. 26, 1747.
1233^4. X. SYLVANUS, b. . He d., unm., of wounds received in
Battle at Guilford, Vt., at the time of the trouble with New
York State.
689. ASA FISKE (Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Nathan, Nathaniel, William, Rob-
ert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Sherburne, Mass., Feb. 22, 1708; m.
Jan. 30, 1734, Lois Leland, b. 1714, dau. of Timothy. She made her will Mar. 3,
1775; proved Feb. 25, 1801. His will is dated Nov. 6, 1770, and proved Jan. 8,
1781. In it he is styled gentleman, ''Being very weak in body" etc. He gave
his wife Lois, one-third of his estate. He d. 1781 ; res. Holliston, Mass.
1234. i. ABEL. b. 1743; m. Mehitable Rix; res. Medway.
1235. ii. AARON, b. Mar. 13, 1748: m. Tabatha Metcalf.
1236. iii. ASA, b. Sept. 3, 1746; m. Mercy Jones.
1237. iv. ABNER, b. 1754; m. Molly Grant; res. Lee, Oneida Co., N. Y.
1238. V. LYDIA. b. 1738; m. Burbank; res. Holl.
1239. vi. HULDAH, b. 1740; m. Caleb Clallin; res. Hop.
1240. vii. LOIS, b. 1751; m. Amariah Marsh of Pawtucket, R. I. They
were the ancestors of Mrs. Edward F. Jones of Binghampton,
N. Y., wife of Ex-Lieut. Gov. Jones.
691. HON. MOSES FISKE (Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Nathan, Nathaniel,
William, Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Sherburne, Mass., Jan. 29,
1713; m. in Needham, Apr. 11, 1745, Mehitable Broad, d. Feb. 13, 1773. He was
born in Sherburne, but soon before marriage, probably about 1740, he moved to
Needham, and was married there. Later he moved to Natick, where he after-
ward resided and was a prominent citizen. He held the ofifice of selectman and
was a deputy to the General Court. Late in life he resided in Needham and died
there. He d. Feb. 18, 1770; res. Natick and Needham, Mass.
1241. i. MOSES, b. Natick, 1746; m. Rebecca Clark and Mrs. Sarah
Stone.
JOSHUA, b. ; m. Martha Smith.
ENOCH, b. — ; m. Sarah Bacon.
ELIJAH, b. Sept. 14, 1753; m. Elizabeth Binney.
HEZEKIAH, b. Dec. 6, 1756: d. Apr. 24, 1757.
SARAH, b. — ; m. .
1242.
n.
1243-
in.
1244.
IV.
i24.'5.
V.
1246.
VI.
160 FISKE GENEALOGY.
695. JOHN FISKE (John, Nathaniel, Nathan, Nathaniel, William, Robert,
Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Sherburne, May 8, 1709; m. Sept. 21, 1731,
Abigail (Leland) Babcock, d. Mar. 7, 1761. She was the widow of Ebenezer Bab-
cock, and seems to have lived on or near the farm of her late husband at West
Sherburn, where the heirs of the late William Leland (a gunsmith) now reside.
Abigail Leland was a great-granddaughter of her grandaunt (by marriage), the
wife of Henry Leland, Sr., of Sherborn (Ma,rgaret Babcock), and great-grand-
daughter of Robert Babcock of Dorchester, who was born 158 — in Essex County,
England, and removed with the Pilgrims to Holland, and came in the ship
"Anne" in 1623 to Plymouth, Mass. John Fiske died of what was known in those
days as the "great HoUiston fever." He had to go to Boston on business for the
town and was taken ill and died quite suddenly on his return home.
John Fisk of Sherburne Inv of his estate Mar. 12, 1754 £820 David his eldest
son the adm'r rendered an acct of his adm'n Mar 17 1755 when the est owed an
Isaac Fisk Guardian of the following children app'd June 10 1754 viz: Jonas who
was then under 14 years of age and Amos, John & Joel who were all over 14
32:247 and 35:356.
He d. Jan. 3, 1754; res. Sherburne, Mass.
1247. i. DAVID, b. Apr. 16, 1732; m. Sarah Bullard.
1248. ii. AMOS, b. Mar. 5, 1735; m. Anne Bryant.
1249. iii. JOHN, b. Mar, 16, 1738; m. Sarah Hill and Abigail .
1250. iv. JOEL, b. Apr. 22, 1740; m. Ruth Reed and res. in Cambridge,
Mass.
1251. v. JONAS, b. Feb. 4, 1742; m. Mary Hill.
1252. vi. MARTHA, b. Jan. 5, 1749; d. Nov. 19, 1750.
1253. vii. HANNAH, b. Jan. 24, 1734; m. Fairbanks and Caleb
Hill.
1254. viii. SALLY, b. ; d., unm., July 8, 1780.
697. ISAAC FISKE (John, Nathaniel, Nathan, Nathaniel, William, Robert,
Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Sherburne, Apr. 24, 1714; m. Nov. 11, 1736,
Hannah Haven, b. June 10, 1716, dau. of Richard and Lydia (Whitney) Haven,
of Fram,, d. Feb. 21, 1800. He was born in Sherburne and was a weaver by trade.
He resided first at Worcester and later at Framingham, first near Addison Dad-
mun's, after at Guinea end, and later on the Richard Fiske place. After his mar-
riage for many years his wife taught school. His will is dated Aug. 24, 1789, and
proved Mar. 17, 1800. He d. Dec. 22, 1799; res. Worcester and Framingham,
Mass.
1255. i. ISAAC, b. 1736; m. Esther Mann.
1256. ii. HANNAH, b. Mar. 27, 1739; m. Dea. Everett of Attleboro. Ch. :
I, Samuel; 2, Hannah; 3 and 4, twins, Paul and Silas; S, Gil-
bert, and other daus.
1257. iii. JOHN, b. Aug. 9, 1741; m. Abigail How.
1258. iv. RICHARD, b. (town records, Nov. 28, 1743,) Feb. 25, 1750; m.
Zebiah Pond.
1259. V. DANIEL, b. 1751; m. Sukey Thurston and Alice Davis.
1260. vi. MOSES, b. ; d. young.
1261. vii. LYDIA, b. Oct. 25, 1753; m. in Hop., 1779, Major Lawscn
Nurse of Fram. She d. before 1799, for he then m. 2d, Lydia
Eaton. Ch.: i, Nathan, b. Mar. 13, 1780; m. Esther ;
res. Thomaston. 2, Lawson, b. Dec. 15, 17S1, a physician; res.
Templeton, Mass., and Sparta, Tenn., where he d. unm. 3,
Nancy, b. Mar. 21, 1784. 4, Fortunatus, d. Feb. 25, 1816. 5,
Betsey, d. young. 6, Martha, d. ae. 18. 7, Sophia, m. Peter
Brewer of Southbridge.
1262. viii, MOSES, b. July 12, 1755; m. Betsey Bullard.
700. PETER FISKE (John, Nathaniel, Nathan, Nathaniel, William, Rob-
ert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Sherburne, Mar. 12, 1723; m. in Graf-
ton Nov. 15, 1758, Sarah Perry of Grafton, Mass. Res. Grafton and Warwick,
1263. i. PETER, b. July i, 1758; d. July 2, 1758.
1264. ii. MOSES, b. June 11, 1760; m. .
1265. iii. NATHANIEL, b. July 16, 1762; rev. to Tennessee.
FISKE GENEALOGY. 161
1270.
11.
I27I.
111.
1272.
IV.
1273-
V.
1274.
VI.
1275.
Vll,
1276.
Vlll
1266. iv. PETER, b. Dec. 5, 1764; rev. to Tennessee.
1267. V. SARAH, b. Feb. i, 1768; m. Jeduthan Willcox; res. Orford, N.
H. Leonard, one of his sons, was one of the judges of the
Supreme court of N. H. He d. in 1850.
1268. vi. JOHN, b. Oct. 26, 1770; m. Elizabeth Mellen.
708. ASA FISKE (Bezaleel, Jonathan, David, David, David, Jeffrey, Rob-
ert, Simon, Simon, WilHam, Symond), b. Holden, Mass., Oct. 7, 1764; m. there
Oct. 4, 1787, Dolly Warren, b. 1764, d. Dublin, N. H., Aug. 6, 1818. He was a
farmer, was born in Holden, married there, and about 1789 moved to Rutland,
Mass., and later in 1801 to Dublin, N. H., where he continued to reside until his
death. He d. July 2, 1829; res. Holden and Rutland, Mass., and Dublin, N. H.
1269. i. LUCY, b. Aug. 9, 1788.-
PARKER, b. ; d. young.
BOY, b. ; d. young.
BOY, b. ; d. young.
PARKER, b. in 1793; m. Mary B. Priest.
MARY.
DANIEL, b. June 18, 1798; m. Esther Eaton.
DORYTH'A, b. .
709. NAHUM FISKE (Bezaleel, Jonathan, David, David, David, Jeffrey,
Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Holden, Mass., May 11, 1762; m.
there July 7, 1785, Sally Gay, d. 1801. He d. Oct. 26, 1803; res. Holden, Mass.
1277. i. SALLY, b. Oct. 17, 1786; m. James Pierce. They res. in Boyls-
ton, Mass. She d. 1871. Ch.: James Reed, b. 1815; d. Nov., 1876;
m. Maria Stowell, b. 1825, d. Oct., 1871; three ch. Jarvis, unm.
Lyman, b. ; d. Feb., 1884; m. Louisa Vinton, b. ,
d. 1884. Abbie, b. 1825; d. June, 1893; m. Otis Knight, d. dur-
ing the war. Nanc}-, unm. Charles F., m. Hannah F. Carpen-
ter.
127,8. ii. BETSEY, b. Sept. 11, 1787; m. William Woods. She d. 1865.
They res. in Rutland, Mass. Ch.: Loring m. Mary We])b.
Rev. ; res. New Braintree, Mass. James.
ISAAC, b. May 27, 1789; m. Davis.
BAZELEEL, b. July 9, 1791; m. Mary Rice.
ABNER, b. Dec. 27, 1793; m. Mary Rice.
LEONARD, b. Dec. 19, I795; m- and d. 1866.
NANCY, b. May 4, 1798; m. Oct. 13, 1819, Jonathan Wentworth
of Newmarket. N. Y., b. Jan., 1793; drowned in Penobscot
river, Maine, July 9, 1834; m. 2d, Apr. 5, 1835, George Den-
nison. She d. Dec. i, 1879. i, Charles A., b. Mar. 15, 1821;
d. Mar. 29, 1854, unm. 2, John F., b. Oct. 31, 1822; d. at sea,
Jan., 1848. 3, Nancy Maria, b. Sept. 27, 1825; m. Isaiah Dun-
ster Russell, of Mason, N. H., b. Aug., 1820; d. Jan., 1887.
They res. Worcester, where he was a merchant. Ch. : Ad-
dison C, b. Feb. 7, 1847; d. Aug. 10, 1851. Charles Addison,
b. Mar. 2, 1852; m. Ella Frances Sayles, of Conn. Ch. : i,
Sabin S., b. Oct. 23, 1883; 2. Deborah, b. Feb. 28, 1889. He
was born in Worcester, fitted for college at the public schools
in that city, and was graduated at Yale College. For some
time he was editor of one of the papers in his native city.
Shortly after his marriage he was elected to congress as re-
publican representative from the Killingly, Conn., district,
embracing the counties of Windham and New London, and
has been repeatedly re-elected ever since, which shows the
confidence and esteem in which he is held by his constituents.
Annie Maria, b. Aug. 10, 1864; m. Charles Marble; res. Wor-
cester. 4, George F., b. Aug. 11, 1830; d. 1834. 5, Frances E.,
b. Jan. 9, 1833; d. July i, 1875; m- Chas. Campbell. 6, George,
b. 1836; m. Carrie Blanchard of N. H.; res. Worcester. 7, Mary
Jane, b. 1838; m. Curtis Robinson. 8, Saphira, b. 1840; m.
Harry Richardson. 9, Martha S.
1284. viii. CHARLES, b. June 19, 1800: d. 1801.
11
1279.
111.
1280.
IV.
I28I.
v.
1282.
VI.
1283.
Vll,
162 FISKE GENEALOGY.
710. SAMUEL FISK (Samuel, Jonathan, David, David, David, Jeffrey,
Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Sherborn, Mass., Feb. 8, 1762; m.
Dolly Gleason, of Hubbardston, dau. of Bezaleel Gleason, formerly of Worcester;
d. 1799; buried in ; m. 2d, Mrs. Lydia (Brooks) Stone. Samuel Fisk came
to Barre, Mass., with his parents and a brother and sister, Jason and Hepzibath.
The parents died, also the sister, who was single. The farm was divided between
Jason and Samuel. They both married, and brought up their respective families
on the place. He d. Jan. 26, 1832; res. Barre, Mass.
1285. i. SEWALL, b. Dec. 17, 1788; m. Sally Norcross Smith.
1286. vi. SAMUEL, b. in 1797; m. Maria Williams, Lucy B. Allen and
1287. iv. HARVEY, b. Dec. 18, 1792; m. Lydia Hastings.
1288. viii. LEVI, b. Sept. 4, 1806; m. Susan G. Felker.
1289. V. LYMAN, b. May 2, 1794; d. in Barre, Mar. 22, 1814.
1290. ii. DOLLIE, b. 1798; d. infancy.
1291. iii. GARDNER, b. Dec. 17, 1790; d. ae. 10.
1292. vii. ROXANNA, b. 1804; d. unm. 1846.
1293. ix. SARAH, b. 1808; d. unm.
711. JASON FISK (Samuel, Jonathan, David, David, David, Jeffrey, Rob-
ert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Sherborn, Mass., Sept. i, 1754; ni- Eliz-
abeth . Jason was born in Barre, and always resided there. Worcester
Register of Deeds, Vol 105 page 182 Nov. 8 1783. Jason Fisk of Barre for 23 £
sells to Samuel Fisk Jr of Barre, Yoeman part of the Great Farm No 2 in Barre,
I2j^ acres. Vol 217 p. 455 April 28 1818 Jason Fisk of Barre, Yoeman, for $15
sells to Samuel Fisk of Barre 23 rods. Res. Barre, Mass. •
1294. i. HANNAH, b. Mar. 30, 1783; m. King; res. Homer, N. Y.
They had ch., but all died young.
1295. ii. JOHN, b. ; m. Fiske, his cousin. He was a farmer;
res. Barre, Mass., and d. s. p. about 1825, ae. 40.
1296. iii. JOEL, b. ; m., and had children, and res. in Ohio.
718. DAVID FISKE (David, Jonathan, David, David, David, Jeffrey, Rob-
ert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Holden, Mass., July 19, 1761; m. there
July II, 1782, Naomi Winch. She m. 2d, May 4, 1797, Asa Greenwood of H. The
inventory of his estate was probated Aug. 20, 1794. His widow Naomi was admr.
He d. 1794; res. Holden, Mass.
1297. i. BETSEY, b. Dec. 12, 1782; d. Apr. 16, 1783.
1298. ii. SAMUEL, b. Sept. 4, 1784; m. .
1299. iii. JOHN, b. Oct. 24, 1786.
1300. iv. RUTH, b. Feb. i, 1790.
730. SERGT. ROBERT FISK (Robert, Robert, David, David, David, Jeffrey,
Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. in Lexington, Mass., in 1758; m.
near Poughkeepsie, in Dutchess County, N. Y. Elizabeth , b. 1750, d. 1849.
He was a soldier in the Revolutionary Army. After the war he resided in Dutch-
ess County, New York, and there married a wife who was born in Holland. She
died in 1849 ae. 99. She drew a pension from the United States as the widow of
Robert Fisk, a Revolutionary soldier. The pension was obtained in 1843-4 and
continued until her death. Their oldest child was Abraham. From the Bureau
of Pensions at Washington, D. C, it is ascertained that Robert Fisk was a sol-
dier of the Revolutionary War, and he made an application for pension on June 8,
1819, at which time he was residing in Pope County, 111., and sixty-one years of
age, and his pension was allowed for eight years and one month's actual service
as a sergeant in the Massachusetts troops, Revolutionary War; a part of the time
he served under Capt. North and Col. Greaton. Place of enlistment not stated.
His widow, Elizabeth, made application and received a pension for the service of
her husband as above set forth. He d. in Illinois or Kentucky; res. Dutchess
County, New York.
1301. i. ABRAHAM, b. about 1780; m. and Artimitia
1302. ii. HENRY A., b. about 1778; m. Susanna Wiley.
1303. iii. PROBABLY OTHERS.
FISKE GENEALOGY. 163
1304.
1.
1305.
1306.
11.
iii.
1307.
1308.
iv.
V.
1309.
VI.
1 3 10.
vu.
731. DR. DAVID FISKE (Robert, Robert, David, David, David, Jeffrey, Rob-
ert Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Lexington, Nov. 23, 1760; m. Abigail
Harrington, dau. of Robert and Abigail (Mason), b. Aug. 9, 1754. He was a physi-
cian and resided at the corner of Elm avenue .and Bedford street which place con-
sisting of a house and an acre of land he bought of Mrs. Ruth Harrington in 1777.
At his death he was buried by the Masonic order. "I will say in regard to my great-
grandfather, the last Dr. David Fisk, that he was the only doctor the Americans
had at the battle of Lexington, and that his brother-in-law, young Harrington,
was the first one killed in that battle." M. M. Fisk, 39 Bowdoin street, Boston,
Mass. He d. Nov. 20, 1803; res. Lexington, Mass.
ROBERT, b. in 1780; m. Sally Robbins.
ABIGAIL, b. ; d. young.
BETSEY, b; Oct. 17, 1782; m. Nov. 29, 1810, Joseph Newell, of
New Ipswich, N. H.
JOHN, b. Jan. 22, 1789; m. Lydia Pierce.
MARY, b. ; d. young.
CHLOE, b. ; scalded to death Feb. 16, 1794.
PETER, b. .
735. DR. JOSEPH FISKE (Joseph, Robert, David, David, Jeffrey, Robert,
Simon, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Lexington, Dec. 25, 1752; m. July 31,
1794, Elizabeth Stone, b. Nov. 13, 1770, d. Mar. 6, 1842. He was a young man at
the battle of Lexington, not quite twenty-three years of age. He assisted his
father who was also a doctor and whose name was the same, to dress the wounded
soldiers on that day. He studied medicine and surgery with his father, and in
later years with Dr. John Warren and his son, Surgeon J. C. Warren. He was led
by his patriotic spirit to accept the commission of surgeon's mate in Col. Vose in
the First Massachusetts of Foot in 1777. He was made full surgeon Apr. 17, 1779,
and served in the Continental army seven years. He was present at the surrender
of Burgoyne in 1777 and of Cornwallis in 1781, and of other intermediate battles.
Rev. A. B. Muzzey in his "Reminiscences of Men of the Revolution," speaks of
him: "He was frequently at my father's house and was very agreeable. I drank
in greedily his accounts given to my grandfather, who was with him in the com-
pany of Capt. John Parker Apr. 19, 1775, and of his experience as a surgeon in
the army. It was a time when all shared in the common privations. Gen. Wash-
ington would sit down with his highest officers to a small piece of beef with a few
potatoes and some hard bread — a single dish of wood or pewter sufficed for a mess,
with a horn spoon and tumbler passed around, and the knife was carried in the
pocket. Sugar, tea and coffee were unknown luxuries, and if a ration of rum was
given out — this was in the dead of winter — the question would be raised "Shall we
drink it or put it in our shoes to keep our feet from freezing?" During the pur-
suit of Cornwallis the soldiers had not decent clothing, and an old cloak, they not
having a blanket left, was shared with two other officers. Dr. Fiske would cor-
roborate in my hearing accounts of the need of medicine and comforts for the
wounded — wine, spirits and even the ordinary medicine could not be procured.
Even after searching miles nothing of the kind could be found except small por-
tions of snake-root, and as for bandages the case was still worse. Nothing of the
kind could be found for their supply but to cut up a tent found on the field. He
used to relate mirthful stories about the French officers and soldiers around
Yorktown. Surgeon Fiske was one of the original founders of the Middlesex
Medical Association, afterward and now the Massachusetts Medical Society,
one of the original members of the Cincinnati. His son took his place in the
society at his death, and after the son's death it reverted to his grandson, who is
the eldest. Dr. Fiske was also a member of the Bunker Hill Monument Associa-
tion. Dr. Fiske practiced his profession nearly forty years in Lexington after
the close of the war, and was very skillful in his treatment of the small-pox, and
he was among the foremost doctors to make use of vaccination, his old friend.
Dr. Benj. Waterhouse, bringing it from Europe, from the discoverer, Jenner. Dr.
Fiske held many town offices, having been town clerk and justice of the peace
manv years.
From the Revolutionary War records it is learned that Joseph Fisk was a
second lieutenant in the Continental army from June i to Dec. 31, 1776; surgeon's
mate June i, 1777; surgeon Apr. 17, 1779, and served as such to the close of the
war. He d. Sept. 25, 1837; res. Lexington, Mass.
164 FISKE GENEALOGY.
I3I2.
n.
1313.
111.
1314.
IV.
1315-
V.
I3I6.
VI.
131 1, i. ELIZABETH, b. June 15, 1795; m. Dec. 5, 1819, Richard Fisher,
of Cambridge, who was a glass manufacturer; res. New York
City. A dau., i, Elizabeth, m. Charles S. Willet, b. May 31,
181 1, d. Mar. 14, 1888. They have a dau., ii^, Lida, b. Apr. 3, 1858,
who m. Prof. Frank Justus Miller, Professor of Languages of
the Chicago University; res. 5410 Madison avenue. Ch. : Donald
Philbrook Miller, b. May, 1887, d. July, 1887; Philip Davenport
Miller, b. Dec. 28, 1889; Winifred Fiske Miller, b. Oct. 7, 1891.
2, Charles E., res. 406 Water street, Baltimore, Md. 3, Mary
W., res. 79 Willet street, Bloomfield, N. J. 4, Jennie W., res.
Bloomfield, N. J. 2, Angeline A.
JOSEPH, b. Feb. 9, 1797; m. Mary Gardner Kennard.
JONAS STONE, b. Mav 9. 1799; m. Pamela Brown.
SARAH, b. May 18, 1802; d. unm. Dec. 27, 1825.
FRANKLIN, b. Oct. 16, 1804; m. Hannah Peters.
ALMIRA, b. June 24, 1808; m. Mar. 5, 1828, Zadoc Harrington.
She d. Jan. 22, 1834, leaving one son, George Frederic, b. June
14, 1829. Res. in Lincoln, I\Iass., and is a wealthy farmer.
743. DAVID FISKE (David, Robert, David, David, Jeffrey, Robert, Simon,
Simon, William, Symond), b. Lexington, Nov. 23, 1760; m. Apr. 26, "1784, Sarah
Hadley, b. Nov. 26, 1764, d. May 21, 1804; m. 2d, May 6, 1806, Mrs. Ruth Trk>.k.
He had ten children by his first wife and four by his second. He entered the Rev-
olutionary Army as fifer in Capt. Edmund Monroe's company, and served to the
close of the war. For the sake of distinction he was known as "Fifer David." He
d. Aug. 17, 1820; res. Lexington, Mass.
1317. i. RUTH. b. ; m. 1804, Philip Thomas of Rindge, N. H.
1318. ii. JONATHAN, b. Apr. 15, 1786; m. Rowena Leonard.
1319. iii. SARAH, b. ; m. Henry Spear; rev. to New York.
1320. iv. DAVID, b. ; m. Aug. 25, 1820, Chloe Trask, dau. of Jon-
athan.
1321. V. SAMUEL, b. ; d. unm., ae. 30.
1322. vi. BENJAMIN, b. Apr. 27, 1798; m. Sarah Deland.
1323. vii. ANNA, b. ; m. Sept. 10, 1820, Oliver Winship; res. East
Lexington, Mass.
1324. viii. CHARLES, b. ; went to sea and never ret.
1325. ix. PATTY, b. ; m. Daniel Gray and moved to Keene, N. H.
1326. X. BETSEY, b. ; m. Samuel Clarke; rev. to Glover, Vt.
1327. xi. ICHABOD, b. ; went to Surry, N. H., on a visit, and d.
there.
1328. xii. WILLIAM, b. ; m.; res. in Boston; kept a lot there on
Hanover street.
1329. xiii. JOHN, b. . He res. in Boston, was married, but died s. p.
He was a shoe dealer.
1330. xiv. FREDERIC, b. ; m.; had a family; was a carpenter, and
res. in Charlestown.
746. EBENEZER FISK (Ebenezer, Ebenezer, David, David, David, Jaffrey,
Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. in New Hampshire, ; m.
. She d., and he m. 2d, at Chester, Vt., Jan. 8, 1795, Azuba Hoyt.
He was probably a farmer, and may have been a physician. He was very well
educated for those early days, and by the death of his father, at an early age, was
left largely upon his own resources. He visited his brother Cotton on one occa-
sion while the latter was residing in Bolton, Canada. The tradition in the family
is that after his visit he started for the west with considerable money in his pos-
session, and that was the last his Canadian relatives ever heard from him. He
married his first wife probably in New Hampshire and his children were brought
up by her. While living in Chester, Vt., he married his second wife, and after his
death, on Oct. 7, 1816, she was married in Chester, Vt., to Dr. Artemas Robbins
by Judge Aaron Leland. He d. before 1816; res. Chester, Vt.
1331. i. DAVID, b. Oct. 10, 1772; m. Lewis and Abigail Sargent.
1332. ii. JONATHAN, b. ; N. f. k.; went to northwestern part of
New York state.
1333- iii. EBENEZER, b. ; N. f. k.
FISKE GENEALOGY. 165
747. ISABELLA FISK, b. Aug. 2, 1757; m. Apr. 11, 1776, Gen.
Henry Butler, b. Apr. 27, 1754; d. July 20, 1813. She d. Jan. 17,
1808. He served in war of the Revolution. Was Captain of a
volunteer company and went to West Point. He was after-
wards Major General of the first division of the N. H. militia,
which office he held for many years. General Butler was the
first postmaster of Nottingham; he was a prominent Mason.
He filled many offices of trust and honor in the State and
was highly esteemed for his usefulness as a citizen and his
integrity as a man. His wife was the dau. of Dr. Ebenezer Fisk
of Epping and grand dau. of Rev. Ward Cotton of Boston,
the first settled ordained minister in Hampton, N. H. Mrs.
Cotton's maiden name was Joanna Rand. After Rev. Cotton's
decease she married Capt. Jonathan Gilman of Exeter, and after
his death she m. Dea. Ezekiel Morrill of Canterbury, and
after his death Dea. Joseph Baker of Canterbury, where they
res. until his death, when she moved to Nottingham and
resided with her grand dau. Isabella Fisk Butler, and after her
death she continued to reside with Gen. Butler until her own
death Feb. 25, 181 1, aged 93. Rev. Peter Holt of Epping
oflticiated at the funeral. Mrs. Baker, or "Grandmother
Baker" as she was called was a lady of remarkable attraction,
much personal beauty and ready wit. She never weighed over
100 pounds during her life and it is said never suffered from
sickness until at the time of her death. Her talent at enter-
taining friends and her readiness at repartee are proverbial. At
one time during the last year of her life a remark of surprise
was made that she had never used spectacles of any kind, her
reply was that she "might need them if she lived to be old
enough." Ch.: i, Elizabeth, b. July 29. 1777; d. July 12, 1808; 2,
Benjamin, b Apr. 11, 1779; ni. Hannah Hilton, and d.
Oct. I, 1851; res. Cornville, ^le. 3. Ebenezer, b.
Mar. 13, 1781; m. Sarah Hersey. Res. Sanbornton, N. H.
Was sheriff for many years: d. Dec. 25. 1850. 4. Henry, b.
June 30, 1783; m. Abigail Lord and Nancy Hersey. Res. Not-
tingham. A remarkable fact of his domestic experience is
that by his two wives he had seven daughters in succession and
then seven sons in succession. 5, Sarah Cotton, b. Aug. 12,
1785; m. John Haley of Lee. They had numerous and highly
respected descendants. 6. Dorcas, b. Apr. 15, 1787; m. Wm.
Furber of Nottingham. She d. Nov. 8. 1855. 7, Samuel A.,b.
July 19, 1789: d. Jan. 16, 1814, he enlisted as a soldier in
the war of 1812 in the company under command of Capt. John
Butler, a cousin of his father's. Samuel was soon made
First Sergeant and clerk of his company and stationed at Bur-
lington, Vt. While there on duty he was ordered with eighteen
men under his command, to detect smugglers who were feed-
ing the army in Canada, and while in the town of Highgate,
near the Canada line they met a company of the enemy's in-
fantry from the Dominion escorting owners with a large lot
of cattle. A fight ensued in which Sergt. Butler and men were
victorious. The British were routed, many cattle taken and
driven several miles to a bivouac where the British infantry,
re-enforced by cavalry came upon them. The result was the
killing of four of Sergt. Butler's men, while he received three
mortal wounds and a broken leg: yet he disdained the summons
to surrender and with his pistols and sword killed two of the
enemy before they could take him. He never surrendered.
Though weak and bleeding, the strength of his intellect and the
power of his courage so controlled his enemies that, as was
afterwards said by one of them. "We were afraid of him after
we had him." and another in soeaking of him said. "We all
acted like cowards before him." He refused to receive any
166 FISKE GENEALOGY.
services from the British surgeons and as was said died a few
hours after the fight, his intellect all the while being perfectly
clear. His body was taken to Burlington and buried. His
death was much lamented by officers and men. 8 and g.
Twins, b. June i6, 1793; d. infancy. 10. Ward Cotton, b. Jan.
22, 1895; m. Margaret Anderson of Philadelphia, Pa. Res.
there. 3 ch.
748. CAPT. COTTON FISK (Ebenezer, Ebenezer, David, David, David,
Jeffrey, Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Epping, N. H., Aug. 8, 1779;
m. at Weare, N. H., Feb., 1804, Sarah Fifield, of Weare, N. H., b. Aug. 7, 1780, d,
Feb. 8, 1852. He was born in Epping, N. H., and on reaching his majority went to
Magog Lake, Bolton, Eastern Canada. Four years later he went to Weare, N. H.,
and there married his wife. Returning to Bolton he resided there for a number of
years, and later moved to Abbotsford, P. Q., where he was killed by a tree falling
upon him. He was a United Empire Loyalist. He d. Apr. 14, 1826; res. East Bol-
ton, P. Q., and Abbotsford.
1334. i. NATHANIEL, b. Nov. 17, 1802; m. Miriam Whitney,
1335. ii. SEWELL C, b. May 5, 1816; m. Mary Ann Gorton.
1336. iii. ABRAHAM, b. Feb. 8, 181 1; m. Lauretta Buzzell.
^337- iv. SALLY, b. June 10, 1808; m. July 7, 1829, Richard Bradford;
res. Granby, P. Q. He was b. Nov. 17, 1805; d. Dec. 15, 1878;
res. Granby, P. Q. Ch. : i, Rachel Sarah, b. Apr. 21, 1830; m.
Mar. 8, 1859; d. Jan. 17, 1876. 2, Richard Cotton, b. Dec. 13,
1831; m. Mar. 10, 1863; d. . 3, John, b. Sept. 25, 1834;
m. Sept. 14, 1858; d. ; 4, Isabella Jane, b. Aug. 8, 1840;
m. Feb. 15, 1877; d. . 5, Mary Ann, b. Apr. 22, 1843; m.
Nov. IS, 1865; d. Apr. 14, 1888. 6, Elizabeth, b. Mar. 11, 1847;
m. June 4, 1874; d. Sept. 27, 1878. 7, Jessie Abbott, b. Nov.
26, 1849: m. ; d. Aug. 3, 1880.
1338. V. EBENEZER, b. Mar. 8. 1806; m. Eliza Bradford.
1339. vi. BETSEY, b. Aug. 23, 1813: m. , dau. Sarah Brad-
ford; res. Abbotsford, P. Q.
1340. vii. JANE, b. Nov. 21. 1818; m. Stimson. Ch. : i, Theodore.
1341. viii. ISABELLA, b. Mar. 29, 1822.
749. HON. BENJAMIN FISKE (Benjamin, Ebenezer, David, David, Da-
vid, Jeffrey, Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Lexington, Aug. 20,
1774; m. in Chelmsford, May 16, 1797, Elizabeth Bridge, dau. of William and
granddaughter of Rev. Ebenezer Bridge of Chelmsford. She d. Oct. 20, 1814;
m. 2d, Nancy Adams of Westford, b. 1785, d. Sept. 6, 1865. Hon. Benjamin Fiske
was born in Lexington, Mass., on a farm on the road to Concord, at a point
known as "Fiske Hill," where there is now erected a tablet stating that a skir-
mish was there had between the British and American forces, and the former
repulsed. Wm. B. Fiske has often heard his great-grandmother give an account of
her flight to the woods on that day, and upon her return to her dwelling she found
an Acton man dead at the doorstep and a red coat dead at the well, each having
killed the other. Wm. B. at his house in Plainfield, N. J., has an elegant portrait
by Frothingham of his great-grandmother, with a panel at the corner picturing her
home and showing the two bodies as stated. He was married to Elizabeth Bridge,
daughter of Rev. Wm. Bridge of Chelmsford, Mass. She died, and he again mar-
ried Nancy Adams. He moved to Boston in 1808 and was actively engaged in
shipping, his sails whitening every sea, until 1848. In the year 1843 he returned
to Lexington where he purchased a large farm on Lowell street, where he died.
He was elected an alderman in Boston in 1843, and served as representative from
1833 to 1838. He held a commission as justice and was always considered an
upright and exemplary citizen. He d. Feb. 2, 1858; res. Lex., Boston, and Lex-
ington, Mass.
1342. i. JOHN MINOT, b. July 15, 1798; m. Eliza Winn.
1343. ii. LOUISA, b. May 30, 1801: m. in Boston in 1826 Dr. Cyrus
Briggs of Augusta, Me. He was b. Mar. 4, 1800; d. in Salem,
Mass., June, 1871. She d. Dec. 4, 1890. Ch. : i, Sarah Louisa,
b. Feb. 25, 1828; m. Rev. Wheelock Craig; ch., Annie Briggs,
b. Feb. 6, 1853; m. George P. Dutton; Louise, b. May 30, 1885.
FISKE GENEALOGY. 167
2, Nancy Adams, b. Jan. 25, 1831; d. Aug. 4, 1882; m. George
Parkman Denny Nov. 9, 1852, d. Jan. 23, 1885; ch., Arthur
Briggs Denny, b. Apr. 24, 1855; res. Chestnut Hill, Brookline,
Mass.; m. Frances Anna Gilbert, Nov. i, 1882; George Park-
man Denny, b. June 2, 1887; Elizabeth Dennj^, b. Sept. 4, 1888.
3, Elizabeth Church, b. Nov. 18, 1832; m. Aug., 1859, Wm. A.
Dana. He was a banker; res. New Bedford, Mass., b. 1818;
d. 1871; 3, ch.: Elizabeth, Willie A., Alice Louise, b. Aug. 24,
1870. 4, Anne, b. July, 1843; d. May i, 185 1.
1344. iii. CHARLES, b. Nov. 17, 1807; m. Abigail M. Hayden and Mrs.
Elizabeth P. Davis.
1345. iv. BENJAMIN, b. Oct. 15, 1811; d. June 18, 1812.
1346. v, BENJAMIN, b. Nov. 20, 1820; m. Oct. 21, 1842, Maria Spear;
res. New York City and Medford, Mass.
751. SAMUEL FISKE (Aaron, Samuel, James, James, Phinehas, Thomas,
Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Newton, Mass., Nov. 19, 1766; m.
there Frances Swan, b. Nov. 13, 1768, d. Apr. 12, 1865. He was a farmer. He d.
Nov. 15, 1845; res. Claremont, N. H.
1347. i. AARON, b. Mar. 23, 1801; m. Hannah Laughton and Hannah
Faj'.
1348. ii. MINERVA, b. Apr. 19, 1804; m., and d. s. p.
1349. iii. ORREN E., b. May 3, 1805. His son, A. O. Fiske; res. Lunen-
burg, Mass. (see).
1350. iv. WARREN DEXTER, b. ^lay 3, 1805. He has a son Charles
in New York City.
1351. v. SARAH, b. Dec. 23, 1806; m., and d. s. p.
1352. vi. ATTERSON. b. Apr. 7, 1808; m. Catherine Lehman.
1353- vii. ERASTUS, b. June i, 1808; m. Anna Perry.
1354. viii. FANNIE S., b. Nov. 23, 1810; m. Jan. i. 1835, Daniel Perry; res.
Newport, N. H. He was b. May 5, 1809; d. July 14, 1882; was
a farmer. Ch.: George B. Perry, b. Sept. 6, 1833; m. Apr. 25,
1858, Sarah Cowles; d. at Faribou, Miss., June 5, 1866. Mary
J. Perry, b. Aug. 19, 1837; m. at Newport May 3, 1858; d. at
Henniker. N. H., Apr. 23, 1881. Wm. H. Perry, b. Oct. 12,
1840; m. Fannie S. Kidder Dec. 27, 1864, now residing at New-
port, N. H. Frances M. Perry, b. Mar. 10, 1845 ; m. to Granvill
Rowell. living at Auburn, Me. Edwin A. Perry, b. Sept. i,
1844; d. in Wyoming Territory Sept. 28, 1869. Horace F.
Perrv, b. Feb. 12, 1849; m. Sarah Adams, living at Hillsboro,
N. H.
1355. ix. LUCY. b. July 15, 1814; m. Shoals; res. C. A son War-
ren res. in C.
1356. X. ROXANNA, b. Feb. 14, 1819. Her dau. is Mrs. Melvin Fletcher
of Croydon, N. H.
1357- xi. OLIVE, b. Sept. 9. 1812. A son Albert Fiske res. in Boston.
1358. xii. SAMUEL FRANKLIN, b. Feb. 9, 1814; m. Harriett Lehman.
761. SAMUEL FISK (Thomas, Thomas, Samuel, James, Phinehas,
Thomas, Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Nov. 28, 1768, Pepperell,
Mass.; m. Dublin, N. H., Jan. 17, 1793, Mary Twitchell, dau. of Samuel T., E^q.,
b. Jan. 23, 1771; d. Dec. 19, 1834. He w-as a farmer, settled in Dublin in 1791.
He d. Oct. 18, 1844: res. Dublin, N. H.
1359. i. ASA. b. May 8, 1794; d. Aug. 24, 1796.
1360. ii. MARY, b. Oct. 19, 1795; m. Alay 7, 1828, William D. Cogswell,
of Peterborough. N. H.. where he died. His widow resided
later in Holly, N. Y. Ch.: i, William F., b. Jan. 27, 1829; d.
June 27, 1847. 2, Francis D., b. June 10, 1830; ni., and resides
in Holly; names of his children unknown. 3, Lucas, b. Dec.
10, 1834. 4, James B., b. Jan. 13, 1838; d. May I, 1854.
1361. iii. SAMUEL, b. Apr. i, 1797; m. Betsey Gleason.
1362. iv. ASA. b. Feb. 16, 1799; m. Priscilla Ranstead.
1363. v. ALICE WILSON, b. Sept. 16. 1800; m. Feb. 28, 1826, Elias
Hardy; rev. to Walpole, N. H., Apr. 6, 1842, thence to Marl-
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borough, N. H. Ch.: i, Samuel Albert, b. Nov. i8, i8^7; m.
Jan. 3, 1854, Sarah Ann Hall, and d. June 29, 1858, leaving a
son named Alfred; res. in Boston. 2, Thomas Alfred, b. Nov.
27, 1829; d. Oct. I, 1853. 3. Julia Sophia, b. Feb. 23, 1832; m.
William JNl. Tenney of :\Iarlborough, N. II. 4. Mary Louisa,
b. May 20. 1834; m. Amariah Sawtell. 5, Lucy Maria, b. June
4, 1839. 6, Anna Elizabeth, b. June 8, 1844; m. Alvin Streeter.
1364 vi. BETSEY, b. Sept. 21, 1802; m. June 9, 1829. Ephraim Foster;
rev. to Walpole, N. H.. in 1832, and returned to Dublin in
1842, where he d. in 1855. Ch.: i, Henry, b. Apr. 28, 1830; m.
Caroline P. Fisk, and resided in Penn. 2, John, b. Nov. 9,
1832; a graduate of Dartmouth College, and a teacher by pro-
fession at Faribault. INIinn. 3. Frederick, b. Nov. 2, 1834; d.
Sept. 14, 1836. 4, Andrew B., b. Feb. 26, 1837; d. June 22, 1859.
5. Frederick, b. Jan. 6. 1839; d. Feb. 26, 1858.
1365. vii. LOUISA, b. Oct. 17. 1804.
1366. viii. JULIA T., b. July 22, 1808; m. Apr. 16, 1835, Edward Foster;
rev. to Lexington, Mass.: d. in Dublin July 25, 1842. Ch.:i,
Mary T.. m. Geo. H. Bennett; res. Burlington, Mass. 2,
George, d. unm. 3, Deroy, m. and left 2 ch. 4, Julia A., d.
unm.
1367. ix. AMOS T., b. Jan. 23, 181 1; d. May 29. 1814.
762. ASA FISKE (Thomas. Thomas, Samuel. James. Phinehas, Thomas,
Robert, Simon. Simon, William, Symond), b. Pepperell, Mass., July i, 1771; m.
Aug. 4, 1800, Cynthia Mann, b. Marlboro. Mass.. Oct. 5. 1778; d. Aug. 30, 1858.
Asa Fisk, Esq., settled in Dublin, N. H.. in 1801, where he resided till he died. He
was by trade a mason, and for neatness and thoroughness in his work it is believed
he was excelled by few. He was for many years in commission as justice of the
peace, but never ofticiated in that capacity. He married Cynthia INIann, daughter
of Nathan M. and granddaughter of Rev. Elijah Mann, a former minister of
Wrentham, IMass. He d. Aug. 8, 1848; res. Dublin, N. H.
n68. i. THOMAS, b. Dec. 29. 1802: m. Sophia Appleton.
1369. ii. CYNTHIA \l.. b. Sept. 2, 1804; m. Oct. 11, 1838, Calvin Lear-
ned, son of John W. Learned. Thev res. in Dublin. Ch. : I,
Sarah E., b. Oct. 8, 1839: d. Mar. 4-5. 1846. 2, Sarah E., b.
Feb. 15, 1841; d. Aug. 3, 1843. 3, Emeline S., b. Dec. 31, 1842;
m. Nov. 28, 1867, Allison T. Mason, a merchant of Boston, but
a native of Dublin; son of Cyrus and Abigail (Allison) Mason,
b. Aug. 13, 1839. She d. in Boston, Mass., Jan. 16. 1883. Ch.:
I. Lucclia Learned, b. in Dublin, N. H., July 9, 1870; m. Mar.
20. 1895. Morton EUery Getchell; res. Dorchester, Mass. Mr.
Learned d. in Dublin, Apr. i. 1880. Mrs. Learned d. in Bos-
ton Jan. 30, 1882, while spending the winter with her daughter.
1370. iii. ASA H.. b. Mar. 2^. 1812; m. Caroline Ranstead.
1371. iv. SARAH, b. Sept. 30, 1815: d. unm. May 18, 1840.
1372. V. AMOS, b. July 17. 1817; d. Aug. 15. 1819.
•763. HON. LEVI FISK (Thomas. Thomas. Samuel. James, Phinehas,
Thomas, Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond). b. Feb. 16, 1775. Pepperell,
Mass.; m, in 1799. Hannah Mellen, May 27. 1775-; d. July 22, 1861, in East Jaffrey.
Hon. Levi Fisk was of Jafifrey, N. H. He was by trade a cooper, but was also
engaged in farming. In his younger days, for many years in the winter season,
he taught public schools and was thought to excel as a teacher. Subsequently he
was much employed in public business, such as settling estates, surveying land,
as a justice of the peace and quorum, as a selectman and representative of the
town, and in 1835 and 1836 was state senator. He d. Aug. 16, 1857; res. JafTrey,
N. H.
1373. i. ADAMS, b. May 3. 1800 ; m. Mary Loring.
1374. ii. MARY. b. Feb. 11. 1802; m. Jan. i. 1838, Elbridge Baldwin, and
resided in JafTrey. Ch.: John E. F., b. July 21, 1842; m. Har-
riette E. Pierce; res. Dublin, N. H.
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1375. iii. POLLY, b. Apr. 21, 1804; m. June 2. 1827, Eli Smith. She d.
Apr. I, i860. He was b. Feb. 21, 1805; d. Jan. 2, 1852; was a
farmer; res. East Jaffrey, N. H. Ch. : i. Eli A. Smith, b. Apr.
22, 1828; d. May 15, 1877. 2, Mary A. Smith, b. Dec. 11, 1829;
d. May 13, 1880; m. Isaac R. Chase in 1859; res. in East Cam-
bridge, Mass. 3, Sarah A. Smith, b. Feb. 10, 1834; d. Dec. 9,
1893; m. Charles W. Farnham in 1858; res. Newton, Mass. 4,
Levi A. Smith, b. May 15, 1837: m. Annie R. Blood in 1866. 5,
Nellie H., b. June 8, 1840; m. Daniel W. Parker, Aug. 31, 1863;
res. Cambridgeport, Mass., 23 Western avenue. Ch. : Samuel
Eli Parker, b. June 2. 1868; d. Sept. 26. 1868. 6, Julia A.
Smith, b. May 11, 1842.
1376. iv. PAliKER, b. Apr. 15. 1806; d. May 13. 1806.
1377. V. AIR, b. Sept. 23, 1808: d. Oct. i, 1825.
1378. vi. EMILY, b. May 12, 1812; m. James Harvey of Marlboro, N. H.;
3 ch. She d. Aug. 28, 1844, and he rev. to Rochester, Minn.
Ch.: I, Emma R., b. Apr. 28, 1839; d. Sept. 27, 1864. 2, Al-
phonso H., b. Mar. 29. 1841. 3, James F., b. July 25, 1844.
1379. vii. JOHN S., b. July 18. 1814; m. Anna Clark; u. Jan. 12, 1876.
1380. viii. LUKE, b. Oct. 29, 1817; d. Dec. 10, 1819. "
767. JOHN FISK (John. Thomas. Samuel. James. Phinehas. Thomas, Rob-
ert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond). b. Groton, Mass., Mar. 9, 1779; m.
He learned the mason's trade, worked in Boston and other places. He
d. in Boston; res. Boston, ]\Iass. Had 3 ch.. i son and 2 girls.
768. BENJAMIN FISK (Benjamin. Benjamin, John, John, Phinehas,
Thomas, Robert, Simon, Simon, William. Symond), b. ; m. in Scituate, R.
I., Dec. 3, 1758, Hannah Hammond. He d. Dec. 9. 1785: res. Scituate, R. I.
1381. i. BENONI, b. in 1768; m. Barbara Colvin.
1382. ii. BENJAMIN, b. July, 1770; m. Freelove Colvin and Polly Tay-
lor.
1383. iii. REUBEN, b. May 10, 1765: m. Patty Wait.
1384. iv. NANCY, b. ; m. Israel Phillips and d. s. p.
772. REV. NATHANIEL FISK (Benjamin, Benjamin. John, John. Phine-
has, Thomas, Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. prob. in Rhode Island
in 1735; m. prob. in Rhode Island Anna , d. in Danby, Vt., about 1770;
m. 2d, in Danby, Lois Rowley, d. Danby, Vt., about 1783; m. 3d, Sylvia ;-,
d. about 1785; m. 4th, Sarah Arnold, b. 1753, d. at Brandon 1803. Rev. Nathaniel
Fiske was born probably in Rhode Island. Soon after his first marriage, and
shortly before the Revolutionary war, he moved to Vermont and located in 1768
in Danby. He was a Quaker preacher, and like all others of this particular
belief, did not believe in war, and was for peace first, last and all the time. When
the colonies had determined to be free and independent and throw oflf the yoke
of British oppression, the Quaker exhorter did not lend his aid or even influence,
and stoutly maintained that he would not participate in the war for independence.
As a result the town of Danby confiscated his entire property, of which he was
possessed of quite a little for those days. He made the statement to the authorities
then and there that he would live to be a wealthy man once more; they could
kill him if they saw fit. but the day would come when they would be penniless.
He moved to Brandon, followed farming, and died in 1816, having amassed a
large amount of property. He was grandfather of Hon. Stephen Arnold Doug-
lass. Rev. Nathaniel Fisk was buried on his farm in the family burying ground.
The writer had an examination made of the little God's acre, but no monument
or headstone marks his last resting place. It was his wich, it is said, not to have
any stone or slab at his grave. He d. in 1807: res. Danby and Brandon, Vt.
1385. i. SEMANTHA. b. ; m. Stephen Smith; res. Sharon, Vt.
Ch. : Lois, Silva, Jeremiah and Alma. The ch. moved to Mich.
1386. ii. RUFUS, b. July 30, 1777: m. Polly Tower.
1387. iii. BATEMAN, b. Sept. 19. 1780; m. Sarah Winchester.
1388. iv. SYLVIA, b. Jan. 15. 1784; d. of a fever, unm.
1389. V. EBER. b. Aug. 10. 1771; m. Betsey Gratten and Martha Bigelow.
170
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1390. VI.
1391. vii.
1392. viii.
HON. STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS.
NATHANIEL, b. Nov. i, 1766; m. Hannah Smith.
EDWARD, b. Dec. 3, 1787; m. Emily Granger.
SARAH, b. Mar. 24, 1789; m. Jan. 10, 1811, Dr. Stephen A.
Douglas. He was b. in Stephentown, N. Y., in 1781; d. at
Brandon, Vt., July i, 1813. She
d. May 30, 1869. Ch.: i, Sarah,
b. Oct. 29, 181 1 ; m. Feb. 14,
1830, Julius N. Granger, b. June
22, 1810, d. Mar. 28, 1884. He
was a farmer, and for 32 years
a government official; res. Clif-
ton Spa, N. Y. ; ch., Adelaide
B. Granger, b. Nov. 24, 1836;
m. May 25, 1858; d. Apr. 12,
i860. Emma C. Granger, b.
Aug. 20, 1839; m- Sept. 13, i860;
P. O. Clifton Spa, N. Y. 2.
Stephen Arnold, b. Apr. 23,
1813; m. Apr. 7, 1847,
; m. 2d, Nov. 20, 1856,
. He d. June 3,
1861; ch., Robert M.; res.
Greensboro, N. C. Stephen A.,
Jr., attorney at law, unm.; res.
Chicago, 111.
That branch of the Douglas family from which the sub-
ject of this sketch is a descendant emigrated from Scotland,
and settled at New London, in the province of Connecticut,
during the earlier period of our colonial settlements. One of
the two brothers who first came to America subsequently re-
moved from New London, and settled in Maryland, on the
banks of the Potomac, not very distant from the site ot the
present city of Washington. His descendants, now very nu-
merous, are to be found in Virginia, the Carolinas, Tennessee,
and other southern states. The other brother remained at
New London, and his descendants are scattered over New
England, New York, Pennsylvania and the northwestern
states. Dr. Stephen A. Douglas was born at Stephentown,
in Rensselaer County, New York, and when quite a youth
removed with his parents to Brandon, Rutland County, Vt.,
where, after his regular course at Middlebury College, he stud-
ied medicine, and became distinguished in his profession. His
wife was the daughter of an extensive farmer in Brandon, by
whom he had two children — the first a daughter, and the sec-
ond a son, Stephen A., Jr. On the first of July, 1813, without
any previous illness or physical warning, he died suddenly of
a disease of the heart. At the very moment of his attack and
of his death, he was playing with the daughter at hi-s knees,
and holding his son Stephen A. in his arms.
In 1813 the country was at war with Great Britain — had
undertaken a war with the most powerful nation in the world;
at that time the United States, with an unprotected coast, with
an overbearing, and insulting, and powerful enemy menacing
both seaboard and frontier; wath hostile navies swarming upon
the lakes, and commanding every sea where the enterprise of
American commerce had imfurled a sail, and veteran armies,
fresh from Continental fields of renown, landing on our shores
— at that time when the infant republic, trusting in the justice
of her cause, had risked everything to preserve the sacred
principle that an American citizen, no matter where he might
be, who stood upon an American deck, was to be secured, at
all hazards, in all the great rights guaranteed to hirn by the
Constitution of his country — while this war was waging, and
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while the contest between absolute power and popular right
was maintained with fire and sword from Detroit to Key
West, in the midst of this struggle, on the 23d day of April,
1813, was born Stephen A. Douglas, who forty-one years
thereafter became the great champion of that same sacred
principle — not, indeed, in behalf of the gallant men who tread
the decks of the American fleets, but in behalf of those other
and no less gallant heroes — the pioneers of American progress,
the founders of American states, the builders of American sov-
ereignties— the people of the American territories.
The grandmothers, maternal and paternal, of Mr. Doug-
las, were of the name of Arnold, and were both descended
from William Arnold, who was one of the associates of Roger
Williams in founding the colony of Rhode Island, and whose
son was appointed governor of that colony by Charles the
second, when he granted the famous charter under which the
state continued to be governed until even after the establish-
ment of the American Union, and until the adoption a few
years later of the present constitution of Rhode Island. The
descendants of Governor Arnold are at this day very numer-
ous in Rhode Island, and, indeed, throughout the whole coun-
try.
AN EARLY PICTURE OF HON. STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS.
Immediately after the death of Dr. Douglas, his widow,
with her two children, removed from their native village to a
farm about three miles in the country, where she resided with
her bachelor brother, Mr. Fisk, on their patrimonial estate.
From his earliest childhood, Stephen was raised to a reg-
ular course of life, attending the district school during the
winter seasons, and working steadily on the farm the residue of
each year. When fifteen years of age, finding that a number of
his schoolmates of his own years were about to enter the acad-
emy to prepare for college, he applied to his uncle, whom he
had always been taught to respect as a father for permission
and means to enable him to take the same course.^ This re-
quest was made in pursuance of an understanding which he sup-
172 FISKE GENEALOGY.
posed had existed in the family from his earUest recollection,
that he was to be educated and sent to college; so strongly
was this plan for the future impressed upon his mind, that it
had never occurred to him that his uncle's marriage a year pre-
vious, and the very recent birth of an heir to his estate, had in
the least changed their respective relations; nor had he seen
in these events that cloud which was to darken the hitherto
bright visions which had stimulated his youthful ambition.
An afifectionate remonstrance against the folly of abandoning
the farm for the uncertainties of a professional life, accompa-
nied by a gentle intimation that he had a family of his own to
support, and therefore did not feel able to bear the expense of
educating other persons' children, was the response made to
the boy's request. Instantly the eyes of young Douglas were
opened to his real condition in life. He saw at once that he
could not command the means requisite for acquiring a col-
legiate education without exhausting the only resources upon
Vt'hich his mother and sister must rely; he also saw that if he
remained on the farm with his uncle until he became of age,
he would then be thrown upon the world without a profession
or a trade by which he could sustain them and himself. Real-
izing the full force of these considerations, and perceiving for
the first time that he must rely upon himself for the future,
he determined to leave the farm and at once learn a mechanical
trade, that being the most promising and certain reliance for
the future. Bidding farewell to his. mother and sister, he set
ofif on foot to engage personally in the great combat of life;
on that same day he walked fourteen miles, and before night
was regularly indentured as an apprentice to a cabinet-maker
in Middlebury. He worked at his trade with energy and
enthusiasm for about two years, the latter part of the time at a
.shop in Brandon, and gained great proficiency in the art, dis-
playing remarkable mechanical skill; but, in consequence of
feeble health, and a frame unable to bear the continued labor
of the shop, he was reluctantly compelled to abandon a busi-
ness in which all his hopes and pride had been centered, and to
which he had become sincerely attached. He had often been
heard to say, since he had been distinguished in the councils
of the nation, that the happiest days of his life had been spent
in the workshop, and, had his health and strength been equal
to the task, no consideration on earth could have induced
him to have abandoned it, either for professional or political
pursuits.
He entered the academy of his native town, and com-
menced a course of classical studies, to which he devoted
himself for about twelve months with all that energy and
enthusiasm which were a part of his nature.
In the meantime his sister had married Julius N. Granger,
Esq., of Ontario County, New York, and shortly afterward
his mother was married to Gehazi Granger, Esq., father of
Julius, and at the close of his first year at Brandon Academy,
young Douglas, at the earnest solicitation of his mother and
stepfather, removed with them to their home near Canan-
daigua, New York. He at once became a stud-jnt at that
place — an institution which for more than half a century has
been celebrated for its thorovigh academical course of studies,
and for the large number of eminent professional men and
statesmen whose names once appeared on her catalogue.
In December, 1832, he began the study of law; but, find-
ing that his mother would be unable to support him through
the long course of legal studies prescribed by the state, he
determined upon going to the west, and on the 24th of
June, 1833. set out for Cleveland, O., where he was danger-
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ously ill with fever for four months. He then visited Cin-
cinnati, Louisville, St. Louis and Jacksonville, 111., but failed
to obtain employment. Finding his money exhausted, he
walked to Winchester, where he arrived at night with only
thirty-seven and a half cents. Here he secured three days'
employment as a clerk to an auctioneer at an administrator's
sale, and was paid six dollars. During the sale he made so
favorable an impression that he at once obtained a school of
about forty pupils, whom he taught for three months. Dur-
ing this time he studied law at night, and on Saturdays prac-
ticed before justices of the peace.
In March, 1834, he removed to Jacksonville, obtained
his license, and began the regular practice of law. Two
weeks thereafter he addressed a large Democratic meeting
in defense of Gen. Jackson's administration. In a short
sketch of his early life written in 1838, from which the fore-
going facts have been taken, Mr. Douglas thus spoke of this
event: "The excitement was intense, and I was rather severe
in my remarks upon the opposition. . . . The next week
the 'Patriot,' the organ of the opposition, devoted two entire
columns to me and my speech, and continued the same
course for two or three successive weeks. The necessary
consequence was that I immediately became kno\yn to every
man in the county, and was placed in such a situation as to be
supported by one party and opposed by the other. . . .
Within one week thereafter I received for collection demands
to the amounts of thousands of dollars from persons I had
never seen or heard of. . . . How foolish, how impolitic,
the indiscriminate abuse of political opponents whose humble
condition or insignificance prevents the possibility of injury,
and who may be greatly benefited by the notoriety thus
acquired! . . . Indeed, I sincerely doubt whether I owe
most to the kind and efficient support of my friends (and no
man similarly situated ever had better and truer friends),
or to the violent, reckless, and imprudent opposition of my
enemies." During the remainder of the canvass Mr. Douglas
bore a prominent part, and on the assembling of the legis-
lature, although not yet twenty-two years of age, he was
elected attorney-general, an officer who then, in addition
to' his other duties, rode the metropolitan circuit. His
opponent was Gen. John J. Hardin. This office he resigned
in December, 1835, having been elected to the lower house
of the Legislature, of which he was the youngest member.
The mental vigor and capacity he there displayed, m strikmg
contrast with his physical frame, which was then very
slight, won for him the title of the "Little Giant," which
followed him through life. In 1837 he was appointed register
of the land office at Springfield. In 1838 he was the Demo-
cratic candidate for Congress; but his opponent was declared
elected by a majority of five votes. Over fifty votes cast for
Mr. Douglas were rejected by the canvassers because his
name was misspelled. In December, 1840, he was appointed
secretary of state of Illinois, and in the following February
elected a judge of the supreme court. Here his decision of
character was shown in the trial of Joseph Smith, the Mor-
mon prophet. A mob had taken possession of the court
room, intending to lynch the prisoner, and the officers of.
the court appeared powerless. In this emergency Judge
Douglas saw a bystander idly looking on, whose great
strength and desperate courage were well known. Above
the shouts of the rioters rose the voice of the judge appoint-
ing this man a special officer and directing him to select his
deputies and clear the court room. In ten minutes order
was restored.
174 FISKE GENEALOGY.
In 1843 Judge Douglas was elected to Congress by a
majority of 400, and he was re-elected in 1844 by 1,900 and
again in 1846 by over 3,000; but before the term began he
was chosen United States senator, and took his seat in the
Senate, March 4, 1847. He was re-elected in 1852 and 1858,
and had served fourteen years in that body at the time of
his death. His last senatorial canvass was remarkable from
his joint discussions with Abraham Lincoln. Each was con-
ceded to be the leader of his party and the fittest exponent
of its principles, and the election of one or the other to the
Senate was the real issue of the contest, which was for
members of the Legislature. Mr. Buchanan's administration
was understood to be hostile to Mr. Douglas. The result
of the election showed a Republican popular majority of
4,000; but the Democrats returned a majority of eight mem-
bers to the Legislature, which secured Senator Douglas' re-
election. In 1852, at the Democratic national convention in
Baltimore, he was strongly supported for the presidential
nomination, receiving a plurality on the thirtieth ballot. In
1856 he was again a candidate at the Democratic national
convention in Cincinnati, his friends throughout the con-
vention controlling more than enough votes to prevent any
nomination under the two-thirds rule. On the sixteenth ballot
he received 121 votes; but, as he was opposed to the principle
of the two-thirds rule, he at once withdrew in favor of
Buchanan, who had received a majority, thus securing his
nomination. At the Democratic national convention in
Charleston in i860, on the first ballot he received 145^ votes
out of 252I/2 cast. On the twenty-third ballot he received
152^ votes, which was not only a large majority of the votes
cast, but also a majority of all those entitled to representation.
The convention having adjourned to Baltimore, he received
on the first ballot 173^ out of 190^ votes cast. On the
second ballot he received i8i!!/2 votes of 194^, and his nomi-
nation was then made unanimous. The seceding delegates
nominated John C. Breckinridge. Abraham Lincoln was
the nominee of the Republican party, and John Bell of the
Constitutional Union party. Of the electoral votes only
twelve were cast for Douglas, although he received 1,375,157
of the popular votes distributed through every state in the
Union. Mr. Lincoln received 180 electoral votes and 1,866,352
popular votes. From the age of twenty-one till his death,
with the exception of about two years, Mr. Douglas' entire
life was devoted to the public service. During his congres-
sional career his name was prominently associated with numer-
ous important measures, many of which were the offspring
of his own mind or received its controlling impress. In the
House of Representatives he maintained that the title of the
United States to the whole of Oregon up to latitude 54 deg.
40 min. N. was "clear and unquestionable." He declared that
he "never would, now or hereafter, yield up one inch of
Oregon, either to Great Britain or any government." He advo-
cated the policy of giving notice to terminate the joint occupa-
tion, of establishing a territorial government over Oregon pro-
tected by a sufifieient military force, and of putting the country
at once in a state of preparation, so that if war should result
from the assertion of our just rights we might drive "Great
Britain and the last vestiges of royal authority from the con-
tinent of North America, and make the United States an
ocean-bound republic." In advocating the bill refunding
the fine imposed on Gen. Jackson by Judge Hall, he said:
"I maintain that, in the exercise of the power of proclaiming
martial law. Gen. Jackson did not violate the constitution
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nor assume to himself any authority not fully authorized and
legalized by his position, his duty, and the unavoidable neces-
sity of the case. . . . His power was commensurate with his
duty, and he was authorized to use the means essential to
its performance. . . . There are exigencies in the history
of nations when necessity becomes the paramount law, to
which all other considerations must yield." Gen. Jackson
personally thanked Mr. Douglas for this speech, and a copy
of it was found among Jackson's papers endorsed by him:
"This speech constitutes my defense." Mr. Douglas was
among the earliest advocates of the annexation of Texas, and,
after thq treaty for that object had failed in the Senate, he
introduced joint resolutions having practically the same effect.
As chairman of the committee on territories in 1846, he re-
ported the joint resolution by which Texas was declared to
be one of the United States, and he vigorously supported the
administration of President Polk in the ensuing war with
Mexico. He was for two years chairman of the committee
on territories in the House (then its most important com-
mittee in view of the slavery question), and became, chairman
of the same committee in the Senate immediately upon enter-
ing that body. This position he held for eleven years, until
removed in December, 1858, on account of his opposition to
some of the measures of President Buchanan's administra-
tion. During this time he reported and carried through
the bills organizing the territories of Minnesota, Oregon,
New Mexico, Utah, Washington, Kansas and Nebraska, and
also those for the admission of the states of Iowa, Wisconsin,
California, Minnesota and Oregon.
On the question of slavery in the territories he early took
the position, which he consistently maintained, that Congress
should not interfere, but that the people of each state and
territory should be allowed to regulate their dornestic_ insti-
tutions to suit themselves. In accordance with this principle
he opposed the Wilmot proviso when it passed the House
of Representatives in 1847, and afterward in the Senate when
it was offered as an amendment to the bill for the organization
of the territory of Oregon. Although opposed to the prm-
ciples involved in the Missouri compromise, he preferred, as
it had been so long acquiesced in, to carry it out in good
faith rather than expose the country to renewed sectional
agitation; and hence, in August, 1848, he offered an amend-
ment to the Oregon bill, extending the Missouri compromise
line to the Pacific coast, thus prohibiting slavery in all the
territory north of the parallel of 36 deg. 30 min., and by
implication tolerating it south of that line. This amendment
was adopted by the Senate by a large majority, receiving the
support of every southern and several northern senators,
but was defeated in the House by nearly a sectional vote.
This action of the House of Representatives, which Mr.
Douglas regarded as a practical repudiation of the principle
of the Missouri compromise, together with the refusal of the
Senate to prohibit slavery in all the territories, gave rise to
the sectional agitation of 1849-50, which was temporarily
quieted by the legislation known as the "compromise measures
of 1850" the most famous of which was the fugitive-slave
law (see Clay, Henry, vol. I, page 644)- Mr. Douglas
strongly supported these measures, the first four having been
originally reported by him from the committee on territories.
The two others, including the fugitive-slave law, were added
by the committee of thirteen, and the measures were re-
ported back to its chairman, Henry Clay. On his return to
Chicago, the city council passed resolutions denouncing him
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as a traitor, and the measures as violations of the law of
God and the Constitution; enjoining the city police to dis-
regard the laws, and urging the citizens not to obey them.
The next evening a large meeting of citizens was held, at
which it was resolved to "defy death, the dungeon and the
grave," in resistance to the execution of the law. Mr. Douglas
immediately appeared upon the stand, and announced that on
the following evening he would speak at the same place in
defence of his course. Accordingly, on Oct. 23, he defended
the entire series of measures in a speech in which he defined
their principles as follows: "These measures are predicted
upon the great fundamental principle that every people ought
to possess the right of framing and regulating their own in-
ternal concerns and domestic institutions in their own
way. . . . These things are all confided by the Constitu-
tion to each state to decide for itself, and I know of no reason
why the same principle should not be extended to the terri-
tories." This constituted the celebrated doctrine of "Popular
Sovereignty." sometimes called by its opponents "squatter
sovereignty" (see Butts, Isaac). At the close of the speech
the meeting unanimously resolved to sustain all the com-
promise measures, including the fugitive-slave law, and on
the following evening the common council repealed their
nullifying resolutions by a vote of twelve to one. In Decem-
ber, 1853, Mr. Douglas reported his celebrated bill to organize
the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, which formed the
issues upon which the Democratic and Republican parties
became arrayed against each other. The passage of this bill
caused intense excitement in the non-slaveholders' states, and
Mr. Douglas, as its author was bitterly denounced. He said
that he travelled from Washington to Chicago by the light of
his own burning effigies. The controversy turned upon the
following provision repealing the Missouri compromise:
"Which, being inconsistent with the principle of non-inter-
vention by Congress with slavery in the states and territories,
as recognized by the legislation of 1850 (commonly called
the compromise measures) is hereby declared inoperative and
void; it being the true intent and meaning of this act not to
legislate slavery into any territory or state, nor to exclude it
therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to
form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own
way, subject only to the Constitution of the United States."
In the Congressional session of 1857-58 he denounced and
opposed the Lecompton constitution on the ground that "it
was not the act of the people of Kansas and did not embody
their will."
Mr. Douglas was remarkably successful in promoting the
inteiests of his own state during his Congressional career.
In 1848 he introduced the passage of the bill granting to the
state of Illinois the alternate sections of land along the line
of the Illinois Central railroad, which so largely contributed
to developing the resources and restoring the credit of the
state. He was one of the earliest and warmest advocates of a
railroad to the Pacific. In foreign policy he opposed the
treaty with England limiting the territory of Oregon to the
forty-ninth parallel. He also opposed the Trist peace treaty
with Mexico. He opposed the ratification of the Clayton-
Bulwer treaty, chiefly because it pledged the faith of the
United States never to annex, colonize, or exercise dominion
over any part of Central America. He maintained that the
isthmus routes must be kept open as highways to the American
possessions on the Pacific; that the time would come when the
United States would be compelled to occupy Central America;
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12
and declared that he would never pledge the faith of the
republic not do in the future what its interests and safety
might require. He also declared himself in favor of the
acquisition of Cuba whenever it could be obtained consist-
ently with the laws of nations and the honor of the United
Stales.
In 1855 he introduced a bill for the relief of the United
States Supreme Court, giving circuit court powers to the dis-
trict courts, requiring all the district judges in each circuit
court to meet once a year as an intermediate court of appeals
under the presidence of a justice of the supreme court, and
providing for appeals from the district courts to these inter-
mediate courts, and thence to the supreme court, in cases in-
volving large amounts. In 1857 he declared that the only
solution of the Mormon question in Utah was to "repeal the
organic act absolutely and unconditionally, blotting out of
existence the territorial government, and bringing Utah under
the sole and exclusive jurisdiction of the United States."
In 1858 and again in i860, he visited the Southern states,
and made many speeches. Everywhere he boldly denied the
right of secession, and maintained that, while this was a union
of sovereign states independent of all local matters, they were
bound together in an indissoluble compact by the Constitution,
which established a national government inherently possessing
all powers essential to its own preservation. During the ex-
citing session of 1860-61, Mr. Douglas, as a member of the
committee of thirteen, and on the floor of the Senate, labored
incessantly to avert civil war by any reasonable measures of
adjustment, but at the beginning of hostilities he threw the
whole weight of his influence in behalf of the Union, and
gave Mr. Lincoln's administration an unfaltering support.
In public speeches he denounced secession as crime and mad-
ness, and declared that, in the new system of resistance by
the sword and bayonet the result of the ballot-box shall pre-
vail in this country, "the history of the United States is already
written in the history of Mexico." He said that "no one could
be a true Democrat without being a patriot." In an address
to the Legislature of Illinois, delivered at its unanimous re-
quest, he urged the oblivion of all party differences, and ap-
pealed to his political friends and opponents to unite in sup-
port of the government. In a letter dictated for publication
during his last illness, he said that but one course was left
for patriotic men, and that was to sustain the government
against all assailants. On his deathbed his last coherent words
expressed an ardent wish for the preservation of the Union,
and his dying message to his sons was to "obey the laws and
uphold the Constitution."
Mr. Douglas was somewhat below the middle height, but
strongly built, and capable of great mental and physical exer-
tion. He was a ready and powerful speaker, discarding orna-
ment in favor of simplicity and strength. Few equaled him in
personal influence over the masses of the people, and none
inspired more devoted friendship. While considering it the
duty of Congress to protect the rights of the slave-holding
states, he was opposed to slavery itself. His first wife was
the only child of a large slave-holder, who, in his last will
provided that, if Mrs. Douglas should die without issue, all
her slaves should be freed and removed to Liberia at the ex-
pense of her estate, saying further that this provision was
in accordance with the wishes of Judge Douglas, who would
not consent to own a slave. He married April 7, 1847, Martha,
daughter of Col. Robert Martin, of Rockingham county,
N. C, by whom he had three children, two of whgm, Robert
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M., and Stephen A., both lawyers, are Hving (1887). She
died Jan. 19, 1853. He married Nov. 20, 1856, Adele, daughter
of James Madison Cutts, of Washington, D. C, who is now
the wife of Gen. Robert Williams, U. S. A. The spot on the
bank of Lake Michigan in Chicago that Mr. Douglas had
reserved for his future home was bought from his widow by
the state, and there his remains lie under a magnificent monu-
ment begun by private subscriptions and completed by the
state of Illinois. It is surmounted by a statue executed by-
Leonard Volk. His life was written by James W. Sheehan
(New York, i860,) and by Henry M. Flint (Philadelphia,
i860).
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MRS. HON. STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS.
Mrs. Robert Williams, wife of the general of that name,
has had a romantic and interesting life and has been blessed
with numerous homes which are all historic and famous. Mrs.
Williams was, previously, the wife of Stephen A. Douglas.
When she was a girl she was known in Washington as
"beautiful Addie Cutts." Her grandmother was a sister of
President Madison's lovely wife, and her father, James Madison
Cutts, was second comptroller of the treasury, while her mother
was a Maryland belle and beauty. Adele Cutts, now Mrs.
WilHams, was born in the Cutts home, a stuccoed house on
H street and Lafayette square, built early in the present
century. When she was a baby her parents moved to an-
other house. The homestead was taken by President Madi-
son on a mortgage and after his death his widow lived
in it. It is always spoken of as the Dolly Madison house,
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its first owner, who lived in it longest, rarely being mentioned.
it is now the home of the Cosmos club.
When Adele Cutts entered society she became a belle
on account of her beauty and brilliancy. Stephen A. Doug-
las, the young senator from Illinois, wooed and won her.
They went to live in a gray, grouted brick house in a walled
and terraced garden, a quaint old house, once a country
place. Twenty-one years ago two houses were made of
this and the grounds covered with new buildings. Soon
after his marriage Senator Douglas built a new home — a
large, plain brick house with a ball room at the back. Dur-
ing the war it was used as a hospital and is now the home
of Cardinal Satolli. When Stephen A. Douglas died his
wife and family went back to the old house, the gray one in
the terraced garden, to live.
After the war closed Mrs. Douglas married Gen. Robert
Williams. It was a love match and they were a handsome
couple. Soon after the wedding he was sent west and they
divided their time between Fort Leavenworth, Omaha and
Chicago until about five years ago, when they went to
Washington, Gen-. Williams having retired. They took a
new and handsome house on Hillyer place, unpacked treas-
ured pictures and books stored because they were too heavy
to carry around the country and stayed there a couple of
years. At present they are in another house. •
There are six children in the family — three boys and
three girls. The eldest son is in the navy and the youngest
went west the other day to try his luck at making a fortune.
Two daughters are in society and are very popular. One is
a striking brunette, the other a pure blonde with a fine com-
plexion and masses of golden hair. The baby of the family
is 14 and promises to be a second edition of her mother.
Mrs. Williams has not changed much these years. Her
. heavy dark hair is lightly touched with gray and she wears
it combed plainly back as when she .was a girl. Her large,
dark eyes are kindly and show her gentle disposition. Her
head is finely poised and, although she is a quiet dresser,
she has a stately air about her which makes strangers pause
to look at her again and ask who she is.
She has many treasures in her home. There are a num-
ber of family portraits and some rare old china, one set
being of white sprayed in green which was used by her
grandmother. Quaint chairs and inlaid tables, one of them
having the portraits of Italian poets on it, marbles and bric-
a-brac make her home a beautiful one.
m. HON. DANIEL FISKE (Daniel, Benjamin, John, John, Phinehas,
Thomas, Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Relioboth, Mass., Apr. 28,
1753; m. in Cranston Apr. 13, 1785, Freelove Knight, dau. of Stephen and Mary
(Manchester) Knight, b. Jan. 21, 1766. She m. for 2d husband a man by the name
of Thomas; d. May 20, 1819. He was a member of the Rhode Island Legislature;
d. May 5, 1810; res. Scituatc, R. I.
1393- ix. DAVID, b. about 1763; m. Faith Doty.
X. ANNA, b. Aug. 6, 1773.
1394. i. RHODA, b. Nov. 20, 1786; d. unm. July 13, 1872.
1395. ii. CELIA, b. Feb. 17, 1788; m. Nov. 16, 1815, Stephen Burlingame,
of Scituate. She d. May 7, 1859. Ch.: all (probably) born in
Coventry, R. I.: i, Dilly, b. Jan. 6, 1817; d. Jan. 27, 1820. 2,
Stephen, b. Dec. 3, 1819; d. Nov. 15, 1890; m. Oct. 30, 1841,
Elsie Maria Tillinghast, b. Jan. 3, 1820; d. May 20, 1884, (3 ch.),
dau. of Pardon and Sarah (Waite) Tillinghast of Killingly,
Conn. Colonel Stephen (7) Burlingame (Stephen (6), Ebenezer
(5), Stephen (4), Ballingston (3), John (2), Roger (i),), son of
Stephen and (Celia Fiske) Burlingame, was born in Killingly,
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Conn., Dec. 3, 1819. When he was three years of age his par-
ents moved to the old Burlingame homestead in Coventry, R.
I., where he passed his boyhood and early manhood. He en-
joyed the advantages which the common schools had to give,
and as he showed a peculiar aptitude for military affairs he
was proffered a cadetship at West Point, but the death of his
father made it necessary for him to abandon his cherished
desires, and at the age of eighteen he took his father's place
at the head of the family and managed a large estate success-
fully. At the age of seventeen he joined the militia as pri-
vate. He was promoted in 1837 to sergeant, 1838 to lieuten-
ant, 1841 to captain, 1841 to lieutenant-colonel, and subse-
quently colonel, when he was twenty-one years old. He was
in command during the state embroglio entitled the Dorr
war, "being active in the field for the suppression of the re-
bellion. He was a firm disciplinarian, and conspicuous for his
athletic build. About 1857 he, with his family, moved to
East Greenwich, R. I., and became associated with the Provi-
dence Conference Seminary, and was one of its staunchest
friends and supporters. He held various town offices, and in
1868-9 represented his district in the Rhode Island Senate.
Having a mechanical turn of mind he made several valuable
inventions, among which may be mentioned a packing for
steam pipes, which has been in universal use for thirty years,
a method by which illuminating gas is manufactured in one-
fifth of the time formerly required; a system of sewerage, and
other minor inventions, all of which are in common use at the
present time in their respective spheres of practicability.
Colonel Burlingame was a quiet man, thoughtful and reflective
in disposition, conscientious and upright in character. He
was deacon of the Baptist Church many years. On Oct. 30,
1841, he married Miss Elsie Maria Tillinghast, who died May
20, 1884, by whom he had three daughters, Anne Eliza, Adeline
King and Sarah Maria. In 1888 he was married to Miss Ruth
M. Spencer. He died Nov. 15, 1890, at East Greenwich, and
is interred in the family burying ground at that place. 3 ch.,
all born in Coventry, R. I.: a, Anne Eliza Burlingame, b. Sept.
20, 1842; m. Aug. 21, 1865, Charles Edwin Guild, son of Har-
mon and ( ) Guild of Attleboro, Mass.; no children;
d. Feb. I, 1885, at East Greenwich, R. I. b, Adeline King
Burlingame, b. Aug. 11, 1845; m. Aug., 1866, Wilfred Parkins
Taylor, b. Lowell, Mass., 1839, d. Lowell, Mass., Sept. i, 1887,
son of Peter and Catharine (Burbank) Taylor, of Lowell,
Mass.; ch. : Harry Burlingame Taylor, b. Sept. 19, 1867, in
Lowell, Mass.; Alice Burnette Taylor, b. in Lowell, Mass.,
May 8, 1871; d. Bethlehem, N. H., Sept., 1875; res. Lowell,
Mass. c, Sarah Maria Burlingame, b. Feb. 10, 1854; n^- Dec.
12, 1877, Prentiss Webster, b. in Lowell, Mass., May 24, 185 1,
son of Mai. Wm. Prentiss and Susan (Hildreth) Webster.
Prentiss (7) Webster (Wm. (6) Prentiss, Humphrey (5), Israel
(4), John (3), John (2), Thomas (ii) was born in Lowell,
Mass., May 24, 185 1. He was graduated from the Lowell pub-
lic schools, and fitted for Harvard College. In 1869 he went
to Germany with his father, who had received the appointment
of Consul General of the United States at Frankfort-on-the-
Main. He there attended the University of Heidelberg, and
subsequently the University of Strassburg, from which institu-
tion he was graduated. In 1873 he was appointed United
States Consul at Mayence in Germany, which position he held
until 1877, when he resigned to return to Massachusetts in
order to pursue the study of the law. While in Europe he
traveled extensively, and familiarized himself with the German
and French languages. In 1880 he was admitted to the bar,
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and since that time has been in active practice with offices
in Lowell and in Boston. He has written extensively for the
pi-ess and law magazines, and in 1890 published a work known
as the "Law of Citizenship," and m 1895 published the "Law of
Naturalization;" also a genealogy of "One Branch of the
Webster Family." He was for several years a member of the
City Hall Commission of the city of Lowell, and published its
reports. In 1895 he received the degree of A. M. from Dart-
mouth College. Ch., all born in Lowell, Mass.: Susan Hil-
dreth Webster, b. Jan. 2, 1879. Adiline Burlingame Webster,
b. Mar. 18. 1883; d. Feb. 28, 1887, in Lowell. Prentiss Bur-
lingame Webster, b. Jan. 6, 1885; d. Sept. 15, 1885, in Lowell.
Helen Burlingame Webster, b. June 13, 1886. Dorothy Web-
ster, b. Nov. 23, 1888; res. Lowell, Mass. 3, Celia, b. July 23.
1821; d. about 1851; m. Jason Vaughn; 4 ch. 4, George, b.
Oct. 2, 1823; d. Nov. 19, 1870; m. Susan Rebecca Fiske, dau.
of Arnold and Susan (Miller) Fiske; 2 ch. 5, Cynthia, b. Oct.
24, 18:5; m. Job Burgess: i ch. ; res. Moosup Valley, R. L 6,
Susan, b. Mar. 21, 1828; d. about 1849; m. Smith Gallup; no
issue.
1396. iii. STEPHEN K., b. Apr. 26, 1789; m. IMercy Burlingame.
1397. iv. ISAAC, b. Mar. 4, 1792; m. Nabby Henry.
1398. V. HARDIN, b. Mar. 4, 1795; rn. Rhoda Orswell.
1399. vi. BETSEY, b. July 7, 1798; d. Feb. 27. 1819.
1400. vii. ARNOLD, b. July 26, 1802; m. Susan R. Miller.
778. JONATHAN FISK (John, Benjamin, John, John, Phinehas, Thomas,
Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Rhode Island in 1738; m. there
Barbara Brown. Res. Providence, R. I.
1401. i. ABRAHAM, b. 1762; m. Elizabeth Arnold.
1402. ii. JACOB, b. 1774; m. Sarah Van Dreser.
1403. iii. JAMES, b. Dec. 9, 1777; m. Sally Chapman.
1404. iv. ISAAC, b. ; m. and hal Cynthia, Lavinia,
Polly. William and John.
1405. V. JONATHAN K., b. ; m. • and Mrs. Anna
Atwood.
1406. vi. JABISH, b. Jan. 25, 1781; m. Polly Wilkinson.
1407. vii. ROBY, b. ; m. Tappin R. Johnson. She d. in Niles,
Mich.
1408. viii. :\L\RIBA, b. ; m. M. H. Fairservice. She d. in Summit,
Wis. Ch. : Harriet Fairservice Parks, Frances Fairservice
Leavitt, Agnes Fairservice Alden, Mary Fairservice Lush,
Marshal Fairservice Reed, and of the descendants of these
iiccurate information can be obtained from Judge Warham
Parks, Oconomowoc. Wis., and Miss Delia Leavitt, Summit,
Wis.
779. PELEG FISKE (John, Benjamin, John, John, Fhinehas, Thomas,
Robert, Simon, Simon. William, Symond), b. Scituate, R. I., Jan. 24, 1740; m. in
Cranston, R. I., May i, 1763, Lydia Sheldon, dau. of Capt. Philip of Cranston.
He was a justice of the peace for years, and member of the Legislature. He d.
May 30, 1808; res. Scituate, R. I.
1409. i. PELEG. b. Apr. 25, 1769; m. Orpha Knight.
780. DR. CALEB FISKE (John, Benjamin, John, John, Phinehas, Thomas,
Robert, Simon, Simcn, William, Symond), b. Scituate, R. I., Jan. 24, 1753; m. in
Providence, June 24, 1776, Mary Manchester, b. 1753, d. Nov. i, 1817. Caleb, a
physician, was president of State Medical Society, and appointed a justice in Court
of Common Pleas, 1780. He is said to have been surgeon in the Continental army
(see Brown University Graduates). Dr. Caleb was fortunate in money
matters, and liked a good mortgage. Some farmers were debating the all-irn-
portant question whether the old lady's apron in the moon was or was not a bit
of good land, and when the debate waxed warm they decided to leave it in this
way — to search the land record, and if any there was. then Doctor Fiske must
182 FISKE GENEALOGY.
needs have a mortgage of it. He was versed in law as well as physic. I think,
too, I have heard of his wearing the ermine with as much grace as he was wont
to handle the scalpel. He d. Oct. 4, 1834; res. Scituate and Fiskville, R. I.
1410. ii. PHILIP M., b. Mar. 2, 1782; m. Eliza Andrews Taylor.
141 1. iii. MARY, b. 1788; m. Aug. 5, 181 1, James Le Baron. He was
b. in Plymouth, Mass., 1780; d. in Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1856.
She d. in Fiskville, R. I., in Dec, 1825. Ch. : i, Harriett E.,
b. Aug. 21, 1815; m. May 7, 1833, Geo. Lawton Willard, b.
Sept. II, 1808, d. Apr. 16, 1888. She d. July 29, 1881. Ch.:
I, James Le B. Willard, b. Mar. i, 1834; m. at Huntington, L.
I., May 9, i860, Mary Bryar, b. Dec. 28, 1839; s. p. He is a
merchant in New York City at 43 Leonard street. 2, Chas.
Frederick, b. Feb. 23, 1836; m. Mary C. Moore May 20, 1863.
3. Wm. Henry, b. Aug. 14, 1841; d. June 10, 1842; unm. 4,
Mary LeBaron, b. Dec. 2, 1844; d. Apr. 29, 1851; unm. 5, Edward
Augustus, b. May 28, 1846; m. Caroline H. Sands Feb. 2, 1869.
6, Harriett, b. Oct. 11, 1847; d. Apr. 30, 1851; unm. 7, George
L., b. July 31, 1849; d. Apr. 29, 1851; unm. 8, Francis Arthur,
b. Aug. 6, 1851; d. Jan. 12, 1895; unm. 9, Annie Louise, b.
Jan. 28, 1853; unm. 10, Henry Bradford, b. June 28, 1855; m.
Mary S. Hatch June 6, 1883. 11, Gordon Lewis, b. Aug. 6,
1857; d. Mar. 14, 1861; unm.
1412. i. ABBY, b. ; m. Cyrus Harris, b. ; d. ; m. 2d,
Caleb Williams.
1413. iv. ELIZABETH, b. 1780; d. May 17, 1799. "She was engaging,
affable and dignified in her manners." [Alden's Epitaphs.]
1414. V. HARRIETT, b. ; m. Caleb Ray.
782. JOB FISK (Job, Benjamin, John, John, Phinehas, Thomas, Robert,
Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Scituate, R. I., July 29, 1747; m.
. He d. in B.; res. in R. I. and Booneville, N. Y.
1415. i. JAMES, b. 1771; m. Phoebe Leach, Frances Leach and Eleanor
Pitcher.
1416. ii. THOM.A.S, b. ; m. Waite Manchester.
1417. iii. JOB, b. ; m. Dewev.
1418. iv. JEREMIAH, b. in 1788; m. Mary Manchester.
1419. V. ALTHEA, b. July 25, 1778; m. June 28. 1803, Hezekiah Jones,
Jr., b. in Pittsfield, Mass., July 13, 1776; d. in Lee, N. Y. She
d. Aug. 8, 1874. Ch. : i, Betsy Maria, b. Jan. i, 1804; m. Sept
I, 1824; d. Feb. 23, 1892. 2, Harry, b. Aug. 24, 1805; m. Mar.
6, 1837; d. Sept. 27, 1870. 3, Hannah, b. Jan. 12, 1807; d. Dec.
I, 1809. 4, Seymour, b. Dec. 12, 1808; d. May 19, 1809. 5,
Ann, b. May 30, 1810; m. Mar. 16, 1833; d. Feb. 23, 1892. 6,
Lucy, b. Mar. 16, 1812; m. May 10, 1835, Charles Wheelock,
b. Dec. 14, 1812; d. Jan. 21, 1865; res. Booneville, N. Y. Ch. :
1, Althea, b. June 29, 1837; m. June 2j, i860; d. May 23, 1863.
2, Wrexiville, b. Sept. 23, 1839; d. June 27, 1841. 3, Morton
D. Wheelock, b. May 8, 1841; m. 1861; res. North Adams,
Mass. 4, Helen M. Clark, b. Feb. 12, 1843; m- Oct. 8, 1872;
res. 600 Macon street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 5, Herbert M.
Wheelock, b. Nov. 3, 1845; m. 1883; res. Cayuga, Cayuga Co.,
N. Y. 6, Forrest J. Wheelock. b. Aug. 28, 1856; m. May 12,
1886; res. Booneville, Oneida Co., N. Y.
785. JEREMIAH FISK (Job, Benjamin, John, John, Phinehas, Thomas,
Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Scituate in Rhode Island in 1731; m.
in Swansey, Mass., Sept. 7, 1758, Rebekah Pierce, dau. of Pierce, b. Nov.
26, 1741, d. April 27, 1817. He was born in Rhode Island, married there and
soon afterwards moved to another town in that state. He had five children and
all his life followed farming. He lived to be over ninety years of age, as did his
brothers and sisters. He d. Mar. 13, 1823; res. Scituate, R. I.
"Seeing your name 'Pierce' makes me think of hearing my father, Jeremiah,
say that in some way he was connected to Clothier Pierce who had some local
fame as a revolutionary soldier."
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1420. i. JEREMIAH, b. Sept. 29, 1766; m. Elizabeth Green.
1421. ii. PRUDENCE, b. in 1761; m. Daniel Coomer; res. Cheshire,
Mass. She d. Mar. 6, 1845. Prudence was married to a man
in Cheshire, Mass., by the name of Franklin, when twenty
years old; she lived with him forty years. She then lived single
ten years, then married a man in the same vicinity by the
name of Dea Coomer, and lived with him twenty years. He
died leaving her, ninety years old, in the hands of his grand-
children, who treated her shamefully. Her nephew, Richmond,
was informed of it by the selectmen of the town where she
lived, and he went and brought her away, and took care of her
to her death, when she was in her ninety-sixth year.
I42i34-iii- MIAL, b. , 1763; m. ^ .
1421^. iv. AARON, b. . Said to have moved to Vermont.
I42i^.v. MOSES, b. in Rhode Island, 1759; m. .
790. NOAH FISKE (Noah, Benjamin, John, John, Phinehas, Thomas,
Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. in Scituate about 1743; m. there
He d. in S. ; res. Scituate, R. I.
1422. i. NOAH, b. ; m.
791. MOSES FISKE (Noah, Benjamin, John, John, Phinehas, Thomas, Rob-
ert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. - — — ^; m. Huldah . He d. Nov.
22, 1816; res. Scituate, R. I.
1423. i. RICHARD, b. .
1424. ii. STEPHEN, b. Jan. 14, 1784; m. Joanna Colegrove.
1425. iii. ROBERT, b. . He was a farmer and in 1845 resided near
Cleveland, O., fortj' miles from there.
792. AARON FISKE (Noah, Benjamin, John, John, Phinehas, Thomas,
Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. in Rhode Island; m. ;
res. Scituate, R. I.
1426. i. AARON, b. — — ■.
1427. ii. MOSES, b. .
1428. iii. JEREMIAH, b. . Rev. E. Fiske, Auburn, N. Y., gt. gr.
son of nis.
794. REV. ICHABOD EBENEZER FISKE (Ebenezer, Ebenezer, John,
John, Phinehas, Thomas, Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. New
Milford, Conn., Oct. 19, 1747; m. at Middletown, Conn., Aug. 16, 1773. Eleanor
Roberts, b. Middletown, Conn.. Sept. 24, 1750;" d. Isle La Mott, Vt., July 16, 1839.
Ichabod E. was born in New Milford, Conn., and moved with his parents to what
is now Southington, Conn., graduated at Yale College in 1770. At the breaking
out of the Revolutionary War he resided in Poultney, Vt. He went to Isle La
Mott, Vt, in Lake Champlain, in 1788. He was a surveyor at this time and sur-
veyed the Isle and taught the first school there before 1802. He was ordained
a minister in the P. E. Church, was the author of an English grammar in verse,
and died the rector of a parish in Macon, Ga., where he was buried. He went
south for his health.
He graduated at Yale College with first honors, and soon after his marriage
was settled at Poultney, Vt, as pastor of a Presbyterian church. While residing
there he lost his property and a very valuable library by fire. He soon after gave
up preaching and followed teaching and surveying.
From later information it is learned that he died at the Indian Agency, now
Crawford County, Ga., and lies buried on the east side of Flint River near the
site of the old agency. When he first went to Georgia he settled at St. Marys
and was the rector there, taught school and published an English grammar in
verse. He was a classmae in college with Col. Hawkins, the Indian agent, who,
hearing of him at St. Marys invited him to the agency, which was at that time at
Fort Hawkins, on the east side of the Ockamulgee River, opposite the city of
Macon. The Indian Agency was moved to Flint River in 1812.
The following is a copy of a letter written Sept. 20, 1810, which gives an ac-
count of the death of Mr. Fisk:
On the i6th Sept. Died at the residence of Col. Hawkins, the Agent for Indian
Affairs in the Creek department, Ichabod F. Fisk. A. M. and late tutor of St.
184 FISKE GENEALOGY.
Maries Academy, Ga. This gentleman left his residence near the old British works
on Lake Champlain in Vermont some years past, with an inflammation of the
lungs and stomaik, as he expressed it, to try the effects of a southern climate. He
came to the Creek agency in July in pretty good health apparently, on his way to
the Mississippi Territory and stated his complaint and object for visiting a warm
climate. His disorder seamed at times to be leaving him and again returned in
the increased violence. He was invited to return to a seaside residence on the sea
islands of Georgia till the spring and go thence by water. For a month or more
he amused himself in visits to the Indians at their festivals or correcting for a new
edition his practical Grammar, also commenced the study of the French language
and flattered himself daily with a speedy recovery. On the 9th of Sept. he was
confined to his bed; during the night he had frequent bad spells. Slept mostly in
the day and was able to retain food or drink for a short time only on his stomaik.
When he could eat he indulged himself in the heartiest high seasoned food and
strongest drink. Every morning he reported himself better till the day of his
ssialution, that morning he asked for some soup, complained of being hungry,
took a spoonfull or two and drank sum sylabub. About twelve oclock he ceased
to speak and half after nine he was dead. When asked whether he did not want
to see his wife, he answered yes. He called her name several times and the last was
"O death come." One of Col. Haskin's Family remained at his bedside during
the day and two of them during the night at the period of his confinement to his
bed and he was buried by the Colonel's Family at sunset on the 17th. As he gave
no directions relative to his family affairs the adjutant agent. Major Linbough, by
order took an inventory of his property. BENJAMIN HASKINS.
Creek Agency, Sept. 20th, 1810.
He d. in Georgia, Sept. 16, 1810, but is buried in Isle La Mott, Vt. ; res. Isle La
Mott, Vt., Macon, Ga.
1429. ii. SOLOMON, b. Feb. 20, 1787; m. Sabina Worthington and
Catherine Worthington.
1430. i. SARAH, b. Sept. 25, 1774. in Middleton, Conn.; m. Erastus Miles.
They resided in a beautiful place in Amsterdam, N. Y., on the
Mohawk river. The father of Erastus purchased the estate of
Sir William Johnson, an officer in the British army, and who
took a prominent part in the affairs of that state. The place
was known as Guy Park. After Erastus' death the widow
married again. Her ch. were: i. Dr. Archibald, b. Amster-
dam, N. Y., in 1800; d. in New York city in 1868; m. Mary
Treese. They had several children and all are deceased except
Mary. She m., in 1864, Christian Herter. He was born in
Stuttgardt in 1841, and died in New York city in 1884. He was
educated at the Polytechnic School in Stuttgardt, Germany,
and afterwards studied at the Beaux-Arts in Paris for four
years. He was graduated there as draftsman and went to New
York where he founded the house of Herter Bros. He had
two sons: a, Dr. Christian Archibald, b. 1865, who was edu-
cated in New York city, was graduated from the New York
College of Medicine, studied afterwards at the Johns Hopkins
University in Baltimore and then in Zurich, Switzerland. He
non- practices medicine in New York city. He has written
several medical works, and is a distinguished physician. He
m. Susan Dows and has three dau., Christine, Mary Dows and
Susan, b, The second son, Albert, was born in 1871. He
studied art in Paris, and first exhibited at the age of nineteen
! in the Salon in Paris, a picture for which he received honorable
mention. He is at present still studying in Paris; m. Adele
McGinnis, and has two sons, Everit and Christian Archibald.
These are the only living des. of Sally Fiske. Her other ch.
were: 2, Erasmus Mills; 3, Laura Mills, m. Dr. I. B. Badger,
res. and d. in Atlanta, Ga., ch. a, Elvira, m. Col. Jno. Wood,
Cass Co., Ga. ; ch.: i, Laura, m. Joseph Pitman. He was a
lieutenant in the Confederate army. 2, Mary, m. Alex-
ander, res. Ft. Gaines, Ga.; 3, Preston. He was a captain in
the Confederate army; 4. Ella Alvira, n. f. k. b, Alonzo, m.
I43I-
111.
1432.
IV.
1433-
V.
1434-
VI.
1435-
Vll,
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and in i866 res. Albany, Ga. 4, Sally Fisk Mills, d. in Cincin-
nati, O., in 1846.
SAMUEL, b. Aug. 16, 1776; m. Polly Scott.
IRA, b. Oct. 4, 1778; m. Chloe Holcomb.
EBENEZER, b. Mar. 31, 1781; m. Ida Landing,
POLLY, b. Apr. 5, 1790; d. unm. at Isle La Mott June 17, 1842.
HANNA, b. May 16, 1794; d. unni. at Chazv, N. Y., Oct. 22,
1847.
1436. viii. LAURA, b. Feb. 11, 1784; m. Dr. Elijah Butts; res. Macon, Ga.
She d. in Sumter, Ga. Sept. 15, 1862. He was b. in Canterbury,
Conn., Dec. 26, 1794. Ch.: i, James R., b. Aug. 22, 1802; m.
Louisa Poehill; he d. Macon, Ga., July 26, 1859; ch. : i,
Catherine Grantland, m. 1867, Wm. H. Atwood; she d. in
1869, leaving Louise Mcintosh. 2, Taliulah Ellen, m., in 1871,
her deceased sister's husband, Wm. H. .\twood; they res. Cres-
cent, Ga.; ch. : Henry Grantland, b. 1872; Maud Allen, b.
1875; James Rogc. 1). 1877; Jane C.. b. 1878; Elliott
Mcintosh, b. 1884; Sibyl Jessie, b. 1890, and Catherine, b. 1885,
deceased. 3, Elijah Poehill. 4, James Albert. 5, Jessie C. 6,
John G. P. A granddaughter of Laura Fiske is Mrs. Lavinia
Lewis, of Montezuma, Ga. b, Elijah, b. June 10, 1808; m. Ann
J. Tomlinson. He d. Nov. 2, 1871, in Sumter, Ga., a dau. is
Mrs. John F. Lewis, Montezuma, Ga. c. Laura, b. 1805; d.
Nov. 14, 1806. d. Albert Gallatin, b. Aug. 10, 1813; m. Sarah C.
Stovall; ch.: Laura E., b. Feb. 21, 1841; m. Dr. J. B. Hinkle,
May 29, i860, in Macon, Ga.. address, Americus, Ga. Mary L.,
b. Jan. 18, 1842; m. T. J. Hunt, in 1869, Macon, Ga.; P. O.
address Columbus, Ga. Arannah W., b. Jan. 14, 1844; d.
Oct. 25, 1887. Albert G., Jr., and Armand L. (twins), b.
in Macon, June 25, 1847. Albert G. d. in Confederate army,
Jackson Artillery, Nov. 11, 1864, and Armand L. res. Macon,
Ga. Carrie E., b. Mar. i, 1850; m. in 1892; d. May 30, 1895,
in Macon.
1437. ix. LAVINIA, b. Oct. 25, 179S; m. Noah Pomeroy, of Colchester,
Conn. She d. in 1824, in Savannah, Ga. Ch.: a, Noah, nothing
known, b, Woodbridge, nothing known, c, Ellen, b. Aug. 9,
1816. m. May 3, 1837, Fredk. E. Mather; ch.(b. in N. Y. city):
I, Elira, b. Feb. 25, 1S38; m. Wm. C. Ludlow, Oct. 7, 1857; ch.:
Belle Mather, b. Sept. 12, 1858; Henry A., b. Aug. 10, 1862. 2,
Ellsworth, b. Feb. 3, 1839; drowned Apr. 7, 1845. 3, Ellen La-
vinia, b. Oct. 30, 1840; m. Alfred H.Timpson, Sept. 22,1863; ch.:
Ellen, b. June 14, 1864; Annie H., b. Oct. 31, 1865. 4, Laura W.,
b. July 31, 1843; m. Alex. P. Miller, June 28, 1865, in New York
city. 5, Ada E., b. Nov. 18, 1851. 6, Isabella P.. b. Dec. 25,
1853. 7, Grace E., b. Apr. 22, 1859. 8, Fredk. E., b. Jan. 9,
city. d. Jan. 26. 1863. Family lived (in 1867) in New York
city, d, Abner, b. ; m. and in 1866 was living on Cen-
he is called only son. In 1792 — 93 he move to Grand Isle on
tral railroad, 30 miles from Savannah, Ga.
797. JOHN FISK (Ebenezer, Ebenezer, John, John, Phinehas, Thomas,
Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. New Milford, Conn., Sept. 24, 1752;
m. Lavinia Dean; res. Vermont and Little Fork, Canada.
1438. i. JOHN DEAN, b. . In his grandfather's will, in 1790,
he is called only son. In 1792-93 he moved to Grand Isle on
land given him by his grandfather.
1439- "• CLAUDIUS LUCIUS, b. ; m. Jemima W. Knapp.
1440. iii. CYNTHIA, b. .
1441. iv. CATHERINE, b. .
1442. v. CLARISSA, b. .
799- LIEUT. ISAAC FISK (Ebenezer, Ebenezer, John, John. Phinehas,
Thomas, Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond). b. Southington. Conn., Feb.
26,1756; m. Lucy , b. 1747; d. Aug., 1804. He was in the Revolutionary
army and served as iioutenant in a Connecticut company and d. in Southington,
186 FISKE GENEALOGY.
where he is buried. He had one son. According to the Conn. Rev. rolls he
was Sergt. Major from Southington, Conn., in Col. Lamb's Artillery Company in
service from 1777 to 1780. In 1781 he was appointed 2d Lieut, in Trabe's Artil-
lery Company by the Governor and council of New York. The regiment in which
he served was in service on the Hudson, was represented in nearly all the battles
at the north, was at the siege of Yorktown and noted for its efficiency. It re-
mained in the service until the close of the war (see Rev. records). He d. Feb. i,
]8oi; res. Southington, Conn,
800. CAPT. SOLOMON FISK (Ebenezer, Ebenezer, John, John, Phinehas,
Thomas, Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Southington, Conn., Dec.
26, i:'57; m. Mar. 20, 1791, Mary Harris. "Solomon Fisk also held the military
rank of Captain. He entered the army of the Revolution in 1780 as one of the
short term men and served 5 months and 23 days, whether in the regular army or
militia I do not know.' Res. Southington, Conn.
1443. i. SOLOMON, b. July 20, 1798; m. Levincy Newton.
1444. ii. EBENEZER, b. Nov. 3, 1793; m. and had a son John. Hfe d.
at Bath, N. Y., in 1865.
1445. iii. SAMUEL, b. Aug 14, 1796; died in the south.
1446. iv. MARY, b. July 20, 1798; m. Lake and d. in 1863 at Mt.
Morris, N. Y.
1447. V. SARAH, b. June 22. 1800; m. but d. s. p.
1448. vi. HARRIETT, b. Apr. 5. 1802: in 1866 res. unm. in Le Roy, Gen-
eseo Co., N. Y.
1449. vii. JOHN WHITING, b. ; res. Grand Rapids, Mich. Had
a son John.
1450. viii. JEANNETTE,b. ; rn. — Barrows, and in 1866 was
a widow res. in Geneseo, N. Y.
1451. ix. GEORGE, b. ; in 1866 res. Penn.
1452. X. CHESTER, b. . — •.
804. JOHN FISK (John, John, John, John, Phinehas, Thomas, Robert,
Simon. Simon. William, Symond), b. in Chatham, Conn., about 1740; m. .
He was born in Conn, and moved to Trenton, N. Y., about 12 miles north of
Whitestone about 1796. He had only one child. He d. in Eaton, N. Y. ; res. Conn,
and Trenton and Eaton, N. Y.
1453- i- JOHN, b. about 1764; m. Elizabeth Wright
804. BAZALEEL FISK (John, John, John, John, Phinehas, Thomas, Robert,
Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Middleton, Ct, 1743; m. there Nov.
13, 1768, Margaret Rockwell, b. 1744, d. Jan. 6, 1810: m. 2d, Aug. 12, 1810,
Abgail Dobson, b. 1762, d. Sept. 17, 1824. . He was town clerk at Middletown and
in public office for years. In 1798 he moved to New York State and resided at
Holland Patent. He d. Aug. 6, 1830; res. Middletown, Conn.
1454. i. JOHN, b. Aug. 5, 1771; m. Polly Merrill.
Sio. JOHN FISK (Benjamin, John, John, John, Phinehas, Thomas, Robert,
Simon, Simon. William, Symond), b. in Connecticut about 1755; m- in that
State, Martha Goodrich, b. Mar. 3, 1759, d. Randolph, Vt, June 28, 1841. He was
born in Connecticut and was a tailor by trade. About 1795 one day he left his shop
and his family never saw or heard of him afterwards. It was supposed by the
family at that time that he was impressed into the British marine service, for in
those days citizens were caught and smuggled on board ship unceremoniously.
There are no entries on the Ellington records as the following letter will explain:
Ellington, Ct., July 27, '96.— F. C. Pierce.— Dear Sir: Have made search of records
second time — there certainly are no name of Fisks or Fiskes on Ellington records
nor any conveyance of property to or from a Fisk before 1850. This town was in-
corporated in 1786; from 1768 to 1786 it was East Windsor, before 1768 Windsor.
As you will see by dates you might be able to find something at East Windsor.
Very truly yours, M. H. Aborn, Asst. Town Clerk." Res. Ellington, Conn., and
Randolph, Vt.
1454— I. i. SARAH, b. July 8. 1779; m. Capt. William Carley of East
Randolph, Vt. She d. . Ch.: i, Adeline, b. Sept. 3,
in 1810 he moved to Lancaster. N. H. She d. Dec, 1865,
FISKE GENEALOGY. 187
26, 1851. 3, Fanny, b. May 29, 1814; m. Silas Kendrick;
res. Milwaukee, Wis. 4, Horace Fisk, b. 1816; d. Aug. 26,
1839. 5, Shubal C, b. 1819; d. Aug. 9, 1827.
1454 — 2. ii. MARY, b. Dec. 9, 1782; m. Joseph Holton of Ellington, Conn.
In 1810 he moved to Lancaster, N. H. She d. Dec. ,1865.
Ch.: I, Albert, b. Oct. 19, 1807; d. Bangor, Me., Feb. 16,
1888. 2, Martha M., b. June 23, 1809; d. . 3, Dwight,
d. infancy. 4, James, b. Nov. 20, 1812; res. 3214 St. Paul
Av., Milwaukee, Wis. 5, Edward D., b. Apr. 28, 1815; d.
Apr. 21, 1892. 6, Horace Fisk, b. Sept. 5, 1817; d. Dec. 9,
1893, at the old homestead in Lancaster, N. H. 7, Mary S.,
b. July 16, 1819; d. — — . 8, Eliza Sophia, b. Feb. 6, 1823;
d. .
1454—3- iii- FANNY, b. Jan. 31, 1785; m. Asa Story of Randolph Centre,
Vt. She d. Jan. 6, i860. Ch. : i, John Fisk, b. July 29, 1814;
d. Jan. 9, 1837. 2, Horace Goodrich, b. Oct. i, .1816. 3,
Hiram Fitch, b. Nov. 10, 1818; d. Sept. 20, 1887. 4, Martha
N., b. Sept. 4, 1820. 5, Albert L., b. Aug. 30, 1822; d.
young. 6, Fanny Jennette, b. Oct. 10, 1824; m.
Davis; res. Milwaukee, Wis. 7, Lucy, b. Sept. 9, 1826; d.
July 12, 1827.
1454—4. iv. LEONARD, b. Sept. 6, 1787; m. Lucy Billings.
1454 — 5. V. HORACE, b. Apr. 17, 1790; m. Mary A. Adams.
1454-6. vi. JOHN, b. Sept. 8, 1793. He m. and d. s. p.; a merchant in
Ellington, Aug. 31, 1819.
812. WILLIAM FISKE, (Ebenezer, William. William, William, John, Wil-
liam, Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Tewksbury, Mass., Mar. 24,
1754; ni- Rachel . He was a farmer; res. Tewksbury, Mass.
1455. i. JONATHAN, b. Sept 24, 1778.
1456. ii. RACHEL, b. Apr. 12, 1780.
816. BENJAMIN FISK (Ebenezer, Ebenezer, William, William, William,
John, William, Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Jan. 2, 1762; m. Aug.
13). 1783. Lydia Kitteridge at Woburn. He was in the Revolutionary army, was
taken prisoner and poisoned by the enemy; res. in W^oburn when married.
1457. i- JOHN, b. .
1458. ii. EPHRAIM, b. .
1459. iii. BENJAMIN, b. .
1460. iv. DAVID, b. .
818. SAMUEL FISK (Ebenezer, Ebenezer, William, William, William, John,
William, Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. June 4, 1767; m. ,
. He was a sailor and rope maker: res. Newburyport, Mass.; two sons res.
there 1835.
819. ISAAC FISK (Ebenezer, Ebenezer, William, William, William, John,
William, Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Aug. 27, 1769; m. Molly
Seaverance. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary army and was in many battles
including Bunker Hill: res. in N. H.
1461. i. DAVID, b. ■ — .
1462. ii. MOLLY, b. .
1463. iii. ELIZABETH, b. .
1464. iv. RHODA, b. .
1465. V. ENOCH, b.
1466. vi. ROSWELL, b.
1467. vii. ISAAC, b.
1468. viii. BENJAMIN, b.
1469. ix. SALLY, b.
1470. X. SILAS, b.
1471- xi W^ALTER W., b. .
820. REV. DAVID FISK (Ebenezer, Ebenezer, William, William, William,
John, William, Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Mar. 3, 1772; m. Feb.
20, 1794. Lydia Morse, b. Aug. 22. 1770: d. at New H?mpton, N. H., Aug. li, 1857.
188 FISKE GENEALOGY.
He was a farmer, a clergyman (Free Baptist), a planter of churches and a pioneer
in New Hampshire. He is buried in New Hampton, N. H. Ordained July i,
1810. A brief biography of him will be found on p. 195 ot the ■"Free Baptist
Cyclopedia." The old Fisk family seat is in New Hampton, N. H., where Rev.
David Fisk and wife died, where David Marks Fisk was born, as was also Rev.
Daniel Moses Fisk. The buildings have gone into much decay. He d. Feb. 9,
1834; res. Boscowen and New Hampton, N. H.
1472. i. EBENEZER, b. Oct. i, 1802; m. Miriam A. Gordon.
1473. ii. LYDIA MORSE, b. Oct. 27, 1794, m. Daniel Kennison. She
d. May 12, 1823. Possibly one or two children of Mrs. Daniel
Kennison (Lydia) survive in Cambridge, Mass. (i) David,
(2) Nancy, (3) and a Mrs. Snell, Cambridge, Mass.
1474- iii. ELIZABETH, b. Mar. 21, 1796, m. John L. Gordon. She d.
May 7, 1833.
1475. iv. JOHN MORSE, b. Mar. 6, 1798; d. Mar. 5, 1823.
1476. V. HANNAFI, b. • — ; d. infancy.
1477- vi. DAVID, b. — ; d. infancy.
1478. vii. WILLIAM, b. ; d. childhood.
1479. viii. TIMOTHY, b. ; d. childhood.
1480. ix. MOSES, b. Jan. 6, 1808; d. May 15, 1823.
1481. X. POLLY GORDON, b. Apr. 6, 1810; m. Sanders Herbert. She
d. Nov. 3, 1873. Of Polly Gordon (Mrs. Sanders Herbert)
only Mrs. Sarah Fisk Herbert Ingalls survives, Bristol, N.
H., with two daughters — Clara and Eudora (?), school teach-
ers, Conci..rd, N. H.
1482. xi. SALLY MORSE, b. Feb. 20, 1812; d. May 6. 1840.
1483. xii. NANCY KELLEY, b. Sept. 18, 1814; m. William Hale. She
d. Jan. 28, 1859.
821. EPHRAIM FISK (Ebenezer. Ebenezer, William. William, William,
John, William, Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Boscowen, N. H.,
Apr. 19, 1774; m. in Newbury, Sally Morse, cousin to Prof. Samuel F. B. Morse,
b. May 23, 1777. She d. in Vermont in June, 1848. He was a farmer. He d. in
Geneva, Kan., in July, 1859; res. Stratford, Vt.
1484. i. D.A.VID, b. Oct. 24, 1814; m. Lucinda Platls.
1485. ii. JOSEPH M., b. Sept. 10, 181 1; m. Phebe M. Densmore.
i486, iii. EPHRAIM, b. Sept. 10, 181 1; m. Elizabeth B. Trescott.
1487. iv. MARY, b. Jan. 31, 1806; m. Sept. 7. 1824. William Preston, b.
June 28, 1803; d. Nov. 10, 1881. She d. Feb. 10, 1888. Of her
forefathers on her father's side, 28 were ministers, besides 18
deacons, and that more than one hundred of them were
graduates of various colleges, it will be ^readily understood
why Mrs. Preston was so much of a Bible student and so de-
voted a Christian. She was married in the state of Vermont,
where they lived a few years, and then moved to western
New York, then a new country. In Feb., 1864, they moved to
Mt. Pleasant, Mich., where they lived for nearly a quarter of a
century, both passing from life to death in the house in which
they moved so long ago, Mr. Preston having died in 1881.
They had nine children, of whom three — Mrs. S. Woodworth,
Mr. W. W. Preston, and Mrs. I. A. Fancher — are yet living
and residents of Mt. Pleasant. Mrs. Preston was uncommonly
well preserved for one of her age. Ch.: Wallace W., b. Oct.
9, 1837; res. Mt. Pleasant, Mich.; m. Sept. 24, 1861. Arsenath
Woodworth, b. June 21, 1841; is a farmer; ch. : i, Worth W.
Preston, b. Sept. 19, 1864; m. May 15, 1889; P. O. Duluth,
Minn. 2, Anna Belle Preston, b. Sept. 15, 1870; single; P. O.
Mt. Pleasant, Mich. 3. Ralph E. Preston, b. June 10, 1874;
single; P. O. Duluth, Minn. Sarah Almira, b. Jan. 16. iS?6,
m. Mar. 14, 1843, I. H. Fuller, and d. Feb. 16, 1854; had 4 ch.
Albert Alonzo, b. Aug. 16, 1827; m. Apr. 13, 1851. Mary An-
geline, b. Dec. 15, 1829; m. June 13, 1854, I. H. Fuller; she
d. Mar. 13, 1862, and had i ch. Ellen Levinda, b. July 7, 1833;
m. Apr. 13, 1851, Samuel Woodworth. Althea May, b. Dec.
00
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189
190 FISKE GENEALOGY.
15, 1840; m. June 6, i860, F. A. Fancher. Walter Scotf, b.
July 4, 1844; d. in infancy. Celia Eliza, b. June 26, 1846; m.
Oct. 10, 1865, E. H. Bradley; she d. Mar. 25, 1867, s. p.
Emma Amelia, b. July 18, 1848; m. June 6, 1866, Albert. Fox;
stie d. Jui.c 8, 1878; had one girl, b. 1870, Edith J.; he d. Feb
28, 1873.
1488. V. LAVINDA HIDE, b. 1809; m. in Bethany, N. Y., Josiah R.
Beckwith. He was b. in Lyme, Conn., Aug. 15, 1804; d. in
Buchanan, Mich., in 1867. Ch. : Edgar H. Beckwith (not liv-
ing); Edward A. Beckwith, Buchanan, Mich.; Fidelia Mary
Moon, Buchanan, Mich.; Francelia Graha-m, Liberty, Ind.;
John T. Beckwith, Benton Harbor, Mich.; Olive E. Weaves,
Kirwin, Kan.; Almira Moon, Kirwin, Kan.
1489. vi. HANNAH, b. ; m. Thompson.
1490. vii. DOLLIE, b. — ; m. Jenkins.
1491. viii. PHILENA, b. ; m. Wells.
1492. ix. SARAH, b. ; m. Eddy.
S24. EPHRAIM FISKE (Ephraim, Ebenezer, William, William, William,
John, William, Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Tewksbury, Mass.,
Aug. 27, 1758; m. Martha Sawyer, d. Concord, N. H. Ephraim, the son, wlien
he enlisted was only sixteen years old, and rather small of his age; but he suc-
ceeded in passing muster by tying his hat-band tight around his hat, and putting
his hat as high on his head as he could without having it fall ofif, and standing
erect as he could. When he came to the inspector, the latter said "march on,"
while some of the others were rejected. In the battle of Bennington, he, with
three others were ordered by a lieutenant to carry Captain Taylor from the field,
who was wounded (his thigh being broken). This was a very dangerous and crit-
ical position. It was rising ground, and Captain Taylor fainting every few
minutes. The cannon balls would plow furrows as large as those made by a
breaking-up plow, yet a kind Providence protected them. He was a private in
the N. H. Cont. line, and was granted a pension Mar. 16, 1823, ae. 70. He d. in
Contoocook in 1849; res. Concord, N. H.
1493. i. RICHARD, b. Apr. 6, 1789; m. Rhapsyme Sargent and
Sargent.
1494. ii. JOHN, b. Jan. 2, 1787; m. Elizabeth Kittredge.
1495. iii. CHARLOTTE, b. Redding, Mass.; m. in Concord, N. H., Cal-
v^in Boutelle, of Contoocook, N. H. He d. July 15, 1890. She
d. Dec. 30, 1866. Ch. : i, John. 2, Horace. 3, Wm. ; res.
Manchester, N. H. 4, Charlotte Ann, b. July 16, 1828; m. Feb.
18, 185 1, Henry Dow; res. C. He was b. May 5, 1829; d. July
7. 1892; ch.: William Henry Dow, b. June 28, 1854; m. Aug.
16. 1874, A. Pricilla Elliotte; d. July 17, 1876. Jeannette D.
Dow, b. Oct. 17, 1856; m. Sept. 9, 1874, Frank D. Webster; d.
May 30. 1879. Lizzie D. Dow, b. Oct. 16, 1859; m- Nov. 12,
1877, Walter Colby; d. Apr. 13, 1881. Sarah J. Dow, b. Feb.
16, 1865; m. July 9, 1880, William A. Currier; d. Nov. 8, 1882.
5, Nancy Ann.
1496. iv. MARTHA, b. 1795 ; m. John Elliott; res. Concord, N. H. She
d. Oct. 10, 1889, ae. 94. Ch.: i, Martha F., m. Alanson Gray
and Mr. Chandler; ch. : Laura, Emma and George, all dead.
Widow and dau. Emma, res. Contoocook, N. H. S. p. by 2d
husband. 2, Augusta, m. Henry Barrett, of Manchester, N. H.
One ch., Ella. Mother and ch. dead. Husband res. Manches-
ter, N. H. 3, Mary, m. Charles Holmes, of Contoocook; both
deceased.
V. POLLY, b. : — ; d. young.
1497. V. POLLY, b. ; d. young.
1498. vi. EPHRAIM, b. Apr. 17, 1798; m. Margaret Dow.
827. EBENEZER FISKE (Ephraim, Ebenezer, William, William, William,
John, William, Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Tewksbury, Mass.,
Jan. 26, 1766; m. Sarah Blanchard, b. Sept. 28, 1769; d. Nov. 11, 1848. Ebenezer
Fiske, son of Ephraim, was born at Tewksbury, Mass., Jan. 26, 1766, and lived to
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an advanced age. He was one of the first settlers at Little Pond, about 1787. He
purchased one of iTie eighty-three acre lots, that belonged to the Rolfe Estate,
and commenced at the west end of the lot; made an opening near the road, and
put up a shanty, in which he lived about three years. He then built a house.
Mr. Fiske possessed a large, muscular frame, which during his long life was sub-
jected to severe labors, toils and hardships. When a young man about twenty-
one he worked for a while for Joseph Colby, of New London, father of Ex-Gov.
Anthony Colby. Going out together in a boat on a pond they were upset and
Fiske saved Colby's life by catching him by the hair of his head, when sinking.
Soon after this in raising the New London meeting house, both Colby and Fiske
were on the frame, when, a board being suddenly moved, Fiske fell and Colby
caught him by the hair of his head and saved his life. At another time young
Fiske was threshing grain with Thomas Morse of Hopkinton, when Morse in
sport struck the end or swingel of Mr. Fisk's flail and drove it into his left eye.
He fell, and was thought to be dead, but recovering Dr. Philip Carrigain was sent
for, who told him that his eye was spoiled, and said he. "if the eye should run out
you would give all Hopkinton to get rid of the pain." Happily the eye did not
run out, but the sight of it was completely destroyed for life. Dr. Carrigain
charged but two shilings for his service. At the raising of a barn, at what is now
Millville, when about 28 years old, Mr. Fiske says, "I fell from the top or plate to
the bottom of the cellar; and a stick of timber I was lifting, fell across my breast.
My shoulder was broken, and breast so much bruised that it was thought I could
not recover; but by skillful means of a doctor, and a good constitution, I recov-
ered, but felt the effects for three or four years after." About three years after
Mr. Fiske was upset in a wagon on the road at the top of the hill west of Richard
Bradley's and received a severe cut in the head, which for a considerable time
benumbed his faculties. With no education in early life, he was ever a good cal-
culator and manager of his affairs, and a reliable, substantial citizen. Res. Con-
cord. N. H.
1499. i BETSEY, b. Aug. 3, 1798; m. Andrew Seavy.
1500. ii. ABIRA, b. Mar. 8, 1800; m. Eunice B. Abbot, and settled on a
part of the old homestead.
1501. iii. ELEANOR S., b. July 12, 1801; unm.
1502. iv. HENRY, b. Oct. 20, 1803; d. May 26, 1831; a school teacher;
member of the First Congregational Church, and highly es-
teemed.
1503. V. SARAH B., b. June 8, 1805; m. Dea. Hazen Runnels, and d.
Oct. 30, 1840.
1504. vi. METHITABLE F., b. May 4, 1809; d. Aug., 1832; school
teacher.
836. ENSIGN SQUIRE FISKE (John, Josiah, Samuel, William, William.
John, William, Robert, Simon, Simon, William Symond), b. Jan. 10, 1756; m.
Nov. 23, 1777, Amey Lapham, dau. of Abner; b. Aug. 29, 1762; d. in the summer
of 1843. There is a tradition m the family that Squire Fiske served as Colonel
of a Rhode Island regiment during the Revolutionary War. The records of
soldiers from that state during the struggle for Independence show that he was
an Ensign in Richmond's Rhode Island State Regiment from Nov. i, 1775 to
April, 1776. He was later in life granted a pension for revolutionary service.
When his daughter, Abby, died. Squire's wife. Amy, took her four children home
and brought them up. She also brought up, for a while at least, Francis' two
children, Ann Elizabeth and William. Squire Fisk's home at Cumberland, Rhode
Island, was a brick cottage. This had never been transferred until some ten or
fifteen yeads ago (perhaps twenty). Then there were many heirs to sign the deed
although the property was not valuable enough to give much to each individual.
I am not sure that every living heir did sign the deed, all did that could be found,
but enough signed so that Mr. Burlingame, the purchaser, was willing to take
the property. This deed is registered in the office of the town clerk of Cum-
berland. He d. Nov. 30, 1804; res. Cumberland. R. I,
1505. i. SAMUEL BARTLETT, b. Feb. 12, 1780; m. Vianna Estes.
1506. ii. ABBY, b. Oct. 23, 1782; m. Benjamin Hendrick and d. May 15,
1808. He was son of Dr. Stephen, and d. at Thompson, Conn.,
in 1832. Ch. : i, Stephen, b. ;m. Hannah Esty. He d.
Feb. 14, 1880; ch.: a, Benjamin Otis; b. Stephen Potter; c,
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George Russell; d, Joseph Warren, e, Amey Ann, d. Mar.
II, 1879; f, Samuel Truesdale! g, Asenath Caroline. AH oi
these died young except Amey Ann, who married Samuel Sims
associate publisher of the VVoonsocket Patriot, who died August
6, 1879. They had at least two children, Herbert Sims, who
died in childhood and Bertha Sims who married a man named
Elliot. Bertha is now a widow with children and res. on
Union St., Worcester, Mass. 2, Benjamin Wing, b. July 21,
1802; m. barah VViicox Browning, b. Aug. 11, 1802; d. July 22,
1889. She d. July 13, 1889; ch.: i, Celia Ann, b. Dec, 27, 1823; m.
Dec. 25, 1845, Dr. Absolem Pride King, b. May i, 1820; d.
Oct. It), 1868. She res. 51 Vernon, St., Prov., R. I., ch.: a,
Asenath Caroline, b. September 19, 184O; d. Nov. 20, 1850. b.
William Henry Herbert, b. Nov. 8, 1850; d. May 31, 1853. c,
Eugene Pride, b. Nov. 5, 1854; he is connected with Prov. R. I.
Health Department, d, Virginia May, b. April 28, 1859; d. Oct.
II, 1861. 2, Sarah Browning, b. July 17, 1825; m. Felix Au-
gustus Peckham; res. Newport, R. I., P. O. box 285. 3, Henry,
b, Jan. I, 1830; m. Frances Campbell of Willimantic, Conn.,
a dau. is Harriett L. Hendrick of Middleown, N. Y. ; he d.
» Dec. 23, 1891. 4, Benjamin Wing, b. July 8, 1840; d. July 16,
1842. 5, Abby Fisk, b. Jan. 17, 1842; d. unm., June 14, 1881.
Benjamin Wing Hendrick was left motherless very young and
his grandmother, Mrs. Amey Fisk, took him to live with her.
He began life as operator in a cotton mill when a small boy
and rose through various grades of the work to the position
of overseer and superintendent and afterwards, in company with
his brother, Stephen, and alone, he operated mills himself.
They had ventures in the South as well as in the New Eng-
land states. Benjamin's schooling was very little but he trained
himself in higher mathematics when he was older and was
something of a mechanic. He patented at least one "loom-
motion." His experience at the South before the war made
him acquainted with the Southern people, and although his
politics was republican (and I think he always after Whig
times voted the republican ticket) yet he had and would ex-
press such regard and admiration for the Southerners during
the war time that his political orthodoxy was gravely doubted
by many of his relatives. I think he was a rather admirable
sort of a man who hadn't much chance in youth and who led a
rather commonplace and uneventful life. During the last years
of his life he took personal care of his wife. His death was
quite sudden. His wife survived only nine days. 3,
Olney, b. ; m. ist, Sarah Ann Remington; ch.: a,
Harriet; b, Abby; c, Phoebe; d, Sarah; 2d wife a widow
Steere. Address, Hendrick Olney, postal clerk, Boston to
N. Y.) in care Olney Brothers, 16 South Water St., Provi-
dence, R. I. 4, Horace, b. ; m. Maria Fuller; ch.: a,
Abby; b, Wm. Henry, res. Newbury St., Worcester, Mass.;
c, Fanny, m. Cady, res. 182 Austin St., Worcester, Mass.;
d, Horace Simmons.
1507. iii. MAJOR, b. Nov. 24, 1787; m. .
1508. iv. SQUIRE, b. Aug. 14, 1785; d. unm.
1509. V. CHARLES, b. Oct. 5, 1789; m. Alice Carpenter.
1510. vi. HALEY, b. Feb. 29, 1793; m. Judith Qureaux.
1511. vii. POLLY, b. ; m. July 15, 181 1, George F. Thorpe. He
was in the war of 1812. Children were William, Angeline,
Louisa, and Frederick. She died at Cumberland, R. I., and
the town clerk of Cumberland might give information or ad-
dress of some one of her descendants.
1512. viii. NANCY, b. July 18, 1799; d. unm.
1513. ix. FRANCIS M., b. Mar. 24, 1804; m. Ursula French.
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1518-
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838. JOHN FISKE (John, Josiah, Samuel, William, William, John, William,
Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Cumberland, R. I., Aug. 20, 1761;
m. Apr. 14, 1784, Abigail Ballou, dau. of Rev. Abner of Cumberland; d. Jan. 3,
1819. He d. in Northboro, Mar. 26, 1837; res., Westboro, Mass. Mr. Ballou was
a worthy descendant of a French Huguenot family who were among the early
settlers in this country. John Fiske occupied the old homestead farm in Cum-
berland until April, 1794, where his three eldest children were born. In April, 1794,
it became necessary to sell the old homestead farm in Cumberland in order to
efifect a settlement of the estate, and John took his share of the proceeds, in
Spanish milled dollars, and put them into his saddlebags and started on horse-
back into the interior of the country to look for a new home. Providence directed
his steps to Westboro, Mass., where he purchased a farm, and immediately removed
his family thither. Westboro was 28 miles from Cumberland, and the family
connections of his wife felt that she was going to remove almost to the end of
the world; in fact, the journey was thought more of at that time than a journey
to Oregon or California is now. The family remained on the farm in Westboro
seven years, until the year 1801, and here two more children were born. In April,
1801, the farm in Westboro was sold, and another farm in Northborough pur-
chased, where the family removed and there remained until the death of John
Fiske, in 1837, at the age of 76 years.
JAMES BALLOU, b. Dec. 14, 1784; m. Rebecca McGraw.
NATHAN, b. Feb. i, 1787; m. Sarah A. Arnold.
JOHN, b. Dec. 7, 1795.
HORACE SUMNER, b. June 24, 1799.
BETSEY, b. Oct. 24, 1790.
841. DARIUS FISK (John, Josiah, Samuel, William, William, John, Wil-
liam, Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Cumberland, R. I., May 7,
1768; m. there Feb. 12, 1789, Patty Darling, dau. of Joshua of Bellingham; res.,
Cumberland, R. I.
JONATHAN FISK (Jonathan, Josiah, Samuel, William, William, John,
William, Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Feb. 12, 1760, Rhode Island;
m. Apr. 20, 1779, Mercy Robinson, b. Mar. 23, 1762; d. Dec. 12, 1833. He d. Nov.
2, 1853; res., Mayfield, N. Y.
NATHANIEL, b. Jan. 13, 1780; m. Lois Hall and Lydia Wells.
JONATHAN, b. Jan. 5, 1798; d. Apr. 14, 1800.
STEPHEN, b. Feb. 24, 1796; d. Aug. 19, 1811.
LUCY, b. Apr. 26, 1781; m. Apr. 27, 1797, Timothy Foot, Jr.
HANNAH, b. Feb. 9, 1784; m. July 5, 1801, James Woodworth.
He d. Oct. II, 1858. She d. Mar. 28, 1856.
1524. vi. RUTH, b. Dec. 28, 1786; m. Mar. 19, 1807, William Green. He
d. July 25, 1807. She m. 2d, Sept. 8, 1812, Edward H. Gay-
lord. She d. Apr. 7, 1866.
1525. vii. ESTHER, b. Sept. 28, 1788; m. Sept. 12, 1810, Nicholas Keysar,
1526. viii. THEODOSIA, b. Apr, 8, 1790 m. June 6, 1811, Truman Christie.
1527. ix. LOIS, b. Dec. 18, 1791; m. Sept. 27, 1818, Sylvenus Keysar.
1528. X. SAMUEL, b. Nov. 7, 1793; m. Esther Wood and res. Danville,
N. Y.
1529. xi. MERCY, b. Dec. 23, 1799; m. Dec. 8, 1819, Herman Pettit.
1530. xii. PATTY, b. Dec. 10, 1801; d. unm., July 11, 1841.
1531. xiii. CYNTHIA, b. Feb. 26, 1804; m. Dec. 11, 1822, John Wood.
847. DAVID FISK (Jonathan, Josiah, Samuel, William, John, William,
Robert, Simon, Simon. William, Symond), b. June 17, 1769, Rhode Island; m. Dec.
26, 1790, Mary Green, b. May 4, 1775; d. June 27, 1828, in Arcadia, N. Y. He
moved to Mayville, Saratoga Co., was married there and for many years kept
hotel there, later he moved to Arcadia and was an extensive farmer. He d. Nov.,
1849; res. Saratoga Co., N. Y., and Waterford, Mich.
1532. i. JONATHAN D., b. Feb. 21, 1794; m. Luc; Codman and Mrs.
Betsey Granger.
JAMES G., b. Oct. 10, 1791; m. Mary S. Alexander.
WEAVER G., b. July 22, 1796; m. Eleanor Childs.
DAVID, b. Mar. 26, 1801; m. Cynthia J. Chittenden.
LEWIS MOSES, b. Sept. 14, 1804; m. Mary Titus; d. N. Y. state
1519.
1520.
I52I.
111.
1522.
IV.
1523.
V.
1533.
11.
1534-
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194 FISKE GENEALOGY.
1537. vi. HYRAM, b. Aug. 14, 1813; m. Worden; d. N. Y. state.
1538. vii. POLLY, b. Oct. 26, 1798; m. Aug. 17, 1817, Silas Moon. She
d. in Oakland, Co., Mich. Ch. : Luman, res. Waterford, Mich.;
Lanson, Elizabeth, Stephen, Lerancy, Silas Ashley.
1539. viii. BETSEY, b. Jan. 22, 1807; m. July 22, 1824, Benjamin Green.
She d. s. p., Newark, N. Y.
1540. ix. MARY MARCELLA, b. Apr. 20, 1809; m. July i, 1827, Adrian
Conner Ch. : i, Stephen, b. Aug. 4, 1828. 2, Lester, b. July
4, 1832. 3, Mary M., b. Aug. 6, 1834. .4, Martha M., b. Aug.
18, 1836. Mr. Conner died and she m. 2d, May 12, 1844 ■
Miller res. Matanna Station, Ohio. She d. in Michigan.
1541. X. ALMJRA, b. Apr. 14, 1811; m. in Rushford, N. Y. in 1849, Asa
Putney She m. 2d in Freedom, N. Y., in 1856, Amos Tuttle.
She d. in Knowlesville, N. Y.
1542. xi. STEPHEN, b. Apr. 21, 1817; m. and s. p.
1543. xii. BOY, b. Sept. i, 1803; died young.
1544. xiii. GIRL, b. Feb. 6, 1820; d. young.
851. EZRA FISK (Jonathan, Josiah, Samuel. William, William, John, Wil-
liam, Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Schuylerville, N. Y., Apr. 26^
1778; m. in New Bedford, Lydia Hannibal, b. 1782; d. in 1871, in Pontiac, Mich.
He d. 1832; res. Saratoga and Port Gibson, N. Y.
1545. i. JOHN HANNIBAL, b. Jan. 12, 1804; m. Jane Wells.
1546. ii. STEPHEN, b. 1812; d. 1882, in White Lake, Mich.
1547. iii. JAMES, b. 1814; d. 1894.
1548. iv. HANNAH, b. 1823; m. John Seeley; res. Newark, N. Y.
1549. V. WILLIAM, b. 1806; m.; d. 1844. Ch. : dau. Lydia; res. Marion,
N. Y.
1550. vi. HARVEY, b. 1818; d. Waterford Centre, Mich.
1551. vii. HIRAM, b. 1800; m. Maria Fraser.
1552. viii. DANIEL B.. b. Aug. 20, 1816; m. Elizabeth A. Sherman.
1553. ix. EZRA, b. 1820; m. ; d. 1875.
853. STEPHEN FISK (Jonathan, Josiah, Samuel, William, William, John,
William, Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Saratoga Co., N. Y., 1782; m.
at Schuylerville, N. Y., Hannah Carry, b. in 1790; d. at Newark, N. Y., Jan. 14, 1849.
Stephen, with his wife, Hannah, and three children, Lonson, aged about 9, Samuel,
about 6 or 7, and William, an infant, emigrated from Schuylerville, Saratoga
Co., N. Y., in the winter of 1821, arriving in Newark, February 5, 1821, hav-
ing come by wagon and eight days on the road. Some of Stephen's brothers-
and sisters went to that locality (either before or after) — one or more set-
tled in Michigan, and other remained in the locality of their early home. It
is said that one of the girls in the early days owned fifty acres of land upon
which a part of the city of Saratoga Springs is now located. He d. July 21, 1855;
res. Schuylerville and Newark, N. Y.
1554. i. LONSON, b. Feb. 8, 181 1; m. Adelia Wells.
1555. ii. WILLIAM, b. ; m. ; res. Newark.
1556 iii. SAMUEL, b. 1814; d. ae. 18 years, in 1832.
856. JOSEPH FISKE (Joseph, Mark, Joseph, William, William. John,
William, Robert, Simon, Simon, William. Symond), b. New Ipswich, N. H., Sept.
5, 1767; m. Dec. 27, 1790, Margaret Clark, b. Londonderry, N. H.. Oct. 25, 1765;
d. Jan 17, 1852, at Eden Vt. During the war of 1812 he kept a huckster's store,
being honest and upright himself, trusted to others and therefore lost nearly
all his property; sold his home in Goffstown, N. H., and was again unfortunate
through dishonest people, lost nearly all of that. Came to Eden, Vt., about 1808
or 1809, the town then almost a forest, and settled on what is now known
as Cooper Hill. A few years later fell from his house (while fixing the chim-
ney) and broke his leg, never walking again without crutch or cane. That fall
finished his work, and after suffering for years, went out for the last time to-
his son Washington's wedding, Jan. 14, 1834. He d. Jan. 31, 1834; res. London-
derry and Goffstown, N. H., and Eden, Vt.
1557- i- JOSEPH, b. May i, 1792; m. Fannie Brown.
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1558. ii. JOHN, b. Apr. 16, 1794. He left home unknown to his parents,
went to Albany, N. Y., and was in the war of 1812.
1559. iii. CLARK, b. May 29, 1797; m. Olive Atwell.
1560 iv. MARK, b. Sept. 15, 1799; d. Gofifstown, June 13, 1802.
1561. V. MARGARET, b. Dec. 14, 1801; m. Mar. 2, 1842, Jefferson Cob-
leigh. He d. Hyde Park, Vt., Mar. 10, i860. She d. Jan.
17, 1868. Ch. : Lucilla; d. 3 years old.
1562. vi. WASHINGTON, b. Feb. 15, 1804; m. Hannah Whitney Alden.
1563. vii. MARY, b. Mar.. 15, 1807; m. Asaph Spalding of Morristown,
Vt. ; res. Hyde Park, Vt. She was his second wife. She
d. s. p. in Sept., 1887.
857. BENJAMIN FISKE (Joseph, Mark, Joseph, WilHam, William, John,
William, Robert, Simon Simon, William, Symond), b. Ipswich, Mass., Nov. 15,
1768; m. . He was a hotel keeper. He d. s. p.; res. Pembroke,
N. H.
861. COL. MARK FISKE (Joseph, Mark, Joseph, William, John, Wil-
liam, Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b, Ipswich, Mass., June 21, 1778;
m. at Londonderry, N. H., Apr. 2, 1801, Eleanor Wilson, of Watertown; m. 2d.,
Mrs. Elizabeth (Stark) Kidder, granddaughter of Gen. John Stark. His parents
moved to Londonderry, N. H., were farmers, also kept tavern. Stages stopped there
on the route from Lowell to Deerlield. He was captain of the artillery at the time
of the war of 1812. The company was drafted and went to Portsmouth, N. H.;
remained there three months; never was in any.action. The British were at the Isle
of Shoals. He died at the age of 64. He d. Pembroke, N. H., Aug., 1840; res.
LondondeTy, N. H.
1564. i. BENJAMIN, b. Dec. 27, 1810; m. Mary B. Sawyer.
1565. ii. MARK, b. July 21, 1814; m. Elizabeth S. Gove and Mrs. Sarah
E. (Reed) Cutter.
1566. iii. JOSEPH, b. Aug. 5, 1809; m. Sarah A. Stevens.
1567. iv. JAMES W., b. Oct. 6, 1818; m. Mary Webber.
1568. V. ELIZABETH, b. Dec, 1802; m. Henry Willey and Isaac Clem-
ent. Res. . She d. s. p.
1569. vi. ELEANOR W., b. ; m. Albury Mason. Res. .
she d. . A daughter is Mrs. Dudley; res. E. Boston,
Mass.
1570. vii. SARAH HOBBS, b. Apr., 1804; m. Dec. 26, 1825, John M.
Stevens; res. Raymond, N. H. She d. Apr. 28, 1835. Ch. :/
John Fisk Stevens, b. Dec. 5, 1827; res. Raymond, N. H.,
dead. Hiram Wilson Stevens, b. Nov. 23, 1829. Sarah Helen
Stevens, b. July 5, 1834; m. Dec. 15, 1861, Sewell Brown Pevear,
b. July 18, 1839; res. 539 Western Av., Lynn, Mass.; ch. :
Everett Sewell, b. Feb. 7, 1863; m. Dec. 2, 1885, address 69
Park St., Lynn; Evelena Florence, b. Apr. 28, 1866; m. Mar.
18, 1891, address, Pelham, N. H., Mrs. Charles de Chatnal;
Helen May, b. Oct. 8, 1868; m. Oct. 16, 1895, address, Read-
ing, Mass., Mrs. J. O. Newhall; Norman Melrose, b. Jan. 9,
1871. Mary Ellen Stevens, b. July 5, 1834, twins; m. Nov. 23,
1853, Samuel Belcher, b. Jan. i, 1821; Willey A. Belcher, b.
Feb. 26, 1857; Alvah, H. Belcher, b. Dec. 27, 1859; Carrie E.
Belcher, b. Oct. 28, 1862; Mamie F. Belcher, b. Jan 12. 1868;
m. Jan. 12, 1890, now Mrs. Mamie F. Wyman, Winthrop, Mass.
Mrs. Carrie E. Kent, East Derry. N. H.
1571. viii. MARY JANE, b. ; m. Luther Mitchell and Fitch Cutter.
She d. s. p.
1572. ix. STARK, b. ; d. .
1573. X. HIRAM, b. Oct. 15, 1807; m. Louisa Whitney.
1574. xi. PRISCILLA A., b. July 16, 1816; m. Sept. 3, 1837, James Shute,;
res. Somerville, Mass. He was b. May 17, 1815: d. Jan. i,
1891: was a brick manufacturer. Ch.: Ellen Priscilla Angler,
b. June 27. 1838: m. Aug. 29. 1872; now living: present name
same; P. O. address, Derby St., Somerville, Mass. Boy, not
named, b. Oct., 1840; d. in a few days. Mary Adelaide Shute,
196 FISKE GENEALOGY.
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1.
1576.
11.
1577.
111.
I57«.
IV.
1579-
V.
l.S«0.
VI.
15B1.
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15B2.
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1.SB3.
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1584.
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b. May 22, 1842; d. Nov., 1842. Adelaide, b. Sept. 13, 1844;
m. June 11, 1867; present name Adelaide Shute Bolton, res. No.
18 Temple St., Somerville, Mass. James Henry Shute, b. Feb.
9, 1847; unm. ; res. No. 18 Temple St., Somerville, Mass.
Benjamin Franklin Shute, b. May 16, 1851; m.; P. O. address,
Forest St., Arlington, Mass.
862. JOHN FISK (John, Mark, Joseph, William, William, John, William,
Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Kennebunk, Me., Apr. 28, 1786; m.
at Waterboro, Me., May 3, 181 1, Sarah Coffin of Waterboro, b. Apr. 14, 1794; d.
Nov. 16, 1824; m. 2d. July 3, 1825, Nancy Davis of Alfred, Me., b. there Apr. 14,
1804; d. Dec. 18, 1863. He was a farmer. H d. Oct. 2, 1846; res. Waterboro, Me.
Me.
BENJAMIN, b. Feb. 11, 1813; m. Mary Jane Marshall.
JOHN, b. May 25, 1815; m. Mary Andrews.
MARK, b. Mar, 22, 1817; d., unm., at W., Mar. 12, 1842.
SAMUEL C, b. Mar. 12, 1820; m. Fanny Wilson.
GEORGE, b. June 10, 1822; m. Abigail Hill.
CHARLES, b. Mar. 6, 1824; res. Col.
NEHEMIAH, b. Sept. 4, 1827; d. Aug. 25, 1850.
I VERY, b. Dec. 6, 1829; d. Feb. 2, 1832.
I VERY, b. Jan. 20, 1836; d. June 17, 1853.
SARAH J., b. Apr. 18, 1833; m. Nov. 2, 1854, Daniel Warren;
res. Waterboro. Ch. : John E., b. Dec. 5. 1858; d. unm. June
8, 1882. She m. 2d. Frank L. Libby of Limerick, Me.; ch.:
I, Elsworth S., b. June 12, 1865; 2, Edward E., b. July 27, 1867;
3, Warren S., b. June 11, 1871; res. New York city.
1585. xi. USHER, b. Nov. 29, 1839; d. unm. Mar. 8, 1864.
1586. xii. ELIZA, b. June 8, 1843; m. July 2, 1878, Joseph Chadbourne;
res., Waterboro, s. p.
872. NATHANIEL FISKE (Nathaniel, Theophilus, Theophilus, William,
William, John, William, Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Topsfield,
Mass., Dec. 2, 1764; bap. June 9, 1765; m. Nov. 20, 1794, Mehitable Balch of Tops-
field, b. June 26, 1771; d. Sept. 16, 1864. Nathaniel, Jr., son of Nathaniel and Lydia
Gould Fiske, who m. Mehitable, dau. of John and Sarah (Baker) Balch, was a
shoemaker by trade. He settled at first on the homestead in Topsfield; and died
in that town, aged eighty-five; and his widow, who was born June 26, 1771, died,
with her daughter Elsey, in Salem, aged 93 years. He d. Nov. 13, 1849; res. Tops-
field, Mass.
He d. Nov. 13, 1849. Res., Topsfield, Mass.
1587. iv. JONAS, b. Sept. 24, 1805; m. Apr. 14, 1841, Abigail Pettingill.
Rev. Jonas Fiske, who was born in Topsfield, received his
classical education in Bangor, Me., at Bowdoin College, grad-
uated at the Theological Seminary in 1838, was ordained pastor
over the Salem (N. H.) Church in 1840, and in 1843 removed
to the state of Maine, to labor as an evangelist. For twenty
years he preached to the feeble churches in that sparsely settled
State and did good missionary work among them, being prin-
cipally sustained therein by the Missionary Board of that State.
He has recently retired from active service, and resided in Dan-
vers, Mass. His wife was a daughter of Joseph and Lucy
(Smith) Pettingill and was b. in Salem, Mass. They did not
have any children.
1588. i. MEHITABLE, b. Aug. 22, 1793; m. a John of Beverly, who soon
died at sea, and she died a widow years after without issue.
1589. ii. ELSEY, b. May 3. 1798; m. and res. on Mall St., Salem, in 1867.
1590. iii. AMOS, b. May 26, 1801; m. Mercy Peabody.
1591. v. REBECCA, b. June i, 1812; d. Dec. 12, 1848.
873. JOHN FISKE (Nathaniel, Theophilus, Theophilus, William. William,
John, William, Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), bap. Aug. 20, 1769, in
Topsfield; m. there, Huldah Woodbury, of Beverly, b. 1771; d. May 6, 1804. John
Fiske of Beverly Shoreman Adm'n granted to Mrs. Huldah Fisk [his widow] June
FISKE GENEALOGY. 197
8, 1803 and after his decease Adm'n De Bonis Non was granted to Ebenr Fiske of
Beverly trader June 5 1804 Inv of the Estate was taken July 15, 1803 Nov 5, 1805.
Acc't of Adm'n was given June 27, 1804, and Dec 4, 1805. Huldah the widow de-
ceased & adm'n of her Est was granted to Peter Woodbury, June 5 1804. Inv of
the Est was taken June 26 1804. Acc't of Adm'n of her Est was given Nov 6 1805.
Elbridge the only child of John 8f Huldah Fiske was five years old when Nath
Fiske was app'd his guardain June 27, 1804 and he received from the adm'rs of the
Estates of the father & mother Jan 13, 1806 the personal Estate amounting to
1817 when the minor was 14 years old. Same time Eben'r Fisk of Beverly a trader
$6442.29. (Vol. 73, page 78.) And rendered his acc't of Guardianship Oct 4,
1817, when the minor was 14 years old. Same time Eben'r Fisk of Beverly a
trader received the appointment of Guardian & received the Estate which then
amounted to $8254.90. Vol. 84, p. 154. After serving as guardian 6 ys 10 ms &
the minor having become of age he renders the acct. of his guardianship to the
Court Aug 1820, charging for his services $800. the whole amount of said Elbridge
Fisk's personal Est. was then $7536.84. Vol. 96, pages 242 & 259. He d. Ma)' 4,
1803; res., Beverly, Mass.
1592. i. LYDIA, b. Jan. 29, 1792; d. Jan. 4, 1798.
1593- ii- JOHN, b. Dec. 27, 1794; d. Aug. 17, 1803.
1594. iii. AYOR, b. Jan. 17, 1797; d. April 24, 1803.
1595. iv. ELBRIDGE, b. June 27, 1799; d. Dec. 9, 1846, married July 12,
1821, Hannah Kilham, daughter of Jonathan and Rebecca
(Kilham) Dodge, who was born Nov. jg, 1798, and died
May 15, 1850. No children. Elbridge Fisk of Beverly, trader
made his will Nov 25 1846, which was proved Feb 2, 1847, in
which he gives all his Estate to his wife Hannah Kilham Fisk
& made her Ex'x and Edward Kilham & Charles A. Kilham
of Beverly were bondsmen — among Items he gave her was his
house. Store &c with the land on the southwesterly corner of
Cabot & Winter Streets & Pew No 74, in the First Parish in
Beverly. Inv. of Estate taken Nov. 29, 1847, amt. $5564.75.
874. BENJAMIN FISKE (Nathaniel, Theophilus, Theophilus, William,
William, John, William, Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Topsfield,
Mass, Aug. 17, 1774; bap. Aug. 21, that year; m. Mar. 17, 1796, Lydia Hobbs, dau.
of Abraham, b. Aug. 25, 1774; d. June, 1847, in Danvers. Benjamin, son of Na-
thaniel and Lydia (Gould) Fiske, married Lydia, dau. of Abraham and Elizabeth
(Cummings) Hobbs; resided awhile in Topsfield, in Salem, Newburyport, and
removed to Peeling, now called Woodstock, N. H., where he deceased, aged
forty-seven years. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, and with his company
paroled the shore of Beverly. He d. Mar. 8, 1822; res. Woodstock, N. H.
1596. i BENJAMIN,"b. ; d. young.
1597. ii. ABRAHAM H., b. Nov. 2, 1792; m. Joanna Ober Edwards and
Mrs. Abigail Wingate.
1598. iii. LYDIA, b. in 1800; m. Luther Thonnpson, from Keene, N. H.,
for many years superintendent of the town farm and alms-
house of Dedham, Mass., died in Concord, N. H., about 1858;
she resided in Lynn, Mass. Ch. : i, Laura Jane, who m.
Fred. Nichols, of Lynn. 2, Alethea, who married her cousin,
Ham L., who was formerly a school-teacher, was in the U.
3, Lydia, who married Otis Bauldwin, of Lynn; and 4, Wil-
Samuel A. Southwick; res. 112 New Park St., Lynn, Mass.
S. Army time of the rebellion, now a lawyer in Lawrence,
Mass., and m. Aug., 1867, a wife from Woburn.
1599. iv. BENJAMIN, b. ; d. young.
1600. V. JOHN, b. Mar. 2, 1804; m. Salley Haynes.
1601. vi. MARY DODGE, b. Feb. 28, 1806; m. June 8, 1831, Samuel South-
wick, b. in Danvers, May 15, 1806. Resided in South Danvers
when their children were born, but she deceased about 1850, and
he, who has resided in Ballardvale, Andover, and now in Law-
rence, is married to his second wife. Ch.: i, Samuel Au-
gustus, b. March 20, 1832; married his cousin, Alethea Thomp-
son; have children; 2, Mary, b. Jan. 25, 1834, who married a
198 FISKE GENEALOGY.
Coulder, no children; and 3, Amos, b. Aug. 26, 1836, res., Law-
rence.
1602. vii. ALETHEA, bap. in Limebrook Church (west parish in Ipswick,
Aug. 7, 1808, who married first, Cyrus Fish, from Barnard, Vt.,
by whom had a dau., Martha Ann. He deceased in Strongville,
Ohio, where she married a second husband named Elisha Tay-
lor, and they now reside in North Camden, Ohio. A daughter
of hers is Mrs. Martha Ann Robinson, 11 16 19th St., West
Superior, Wis.
1603. viii. EBENEZER, b. Aug. 18, 1809; m. Elizabeth Mudge and Mrs.
Elizabeth (Stevens) Wilson.
1604. ix. SHADRACH, b. May 2, 1812; m. Lucy (Boden) Standley and
Susan Raymond.
1605. X. MARTHA BYRON, b. May 23, 1816; m. James Johnson Mans-
field, July 9, 1834. b. in Lynnfield, Mass., March 23, 181 1. He
is a son of William and Eunice (Johnson) Mansfield. They
have, for most of the time since married, resided in South
Reading, Mass. He has been connected with shoemaking,
teaming, and now is in the wood and coal business, having his
two sons in company with him. Their children are: i, James
Fiske, b. Oct. 20, 1835; m. June 6, 1858, Francis Olive Walton,
in Wakefield, Mass., where they reside and have had a dau.,
Cora F., b. Feb. 13, i860, who died Aug. i, 1862. He served
through the entire war, enlisting at first in company E., Mass.
i6th regiment and afterwards belonged to the nth regiment;
was chosen sergeant, and came out a lieutenant colonel, and
chosen Representative to the Mass. Legislature from South
Reading, in 1866. 2, Mary Elizabeth, b. Aug. 27, 1837; d. Feb.
20, 1840. 3, Laura Matilda, b. Aug. 23, 1839; m. Dec. 31, 1863,
Hoyt B. Parker, b. in Newport, N. H., Dec. 29, 1838, is a car-
penter and cabinet maker; res., 9 Yale Av., Wakefield; place of
business, Charlestown. 4, Joseph Henry, b. Nov. 8, 1841; en-
listed into the same company with his brother, July 12, 1861,
but died in Bellevue Hospital, N. Y., Sept. 14, 1862, with
typhoid fever. 5, Albert Alonzo, b. in South Reading, Aug.
19, 1843; m- July 22, 1868, Carrie E. Newhall, b. July 8, 1844;
res., Wakefield. 6, Mary Elizabeth, b. July 10, 1845: m. Cyrus
E. Marshall, of Newbury, N. H., Jan. 31, 1867; b. Sept. 5, 1842.
and is a provision dealer in Brighton, Mass. 7, Austin Le Roy,
b. Mar. 31, 1856; m. May 16, 1880, Clara A. Noble, d. Apr. 12,
1882: m. 2d, Oct. 17, 1887, Harriet M. Peirson, b. Jan. 22, 1866;
res. Wakefield.
875. DEA. MOSES FISKE (Nathaniel. Theophilus, Theophilus, William,
William, John, William, Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Topsfield,
Mass., Aug. 20, 1777; m. Dec. 12, 1802, Sukey Platts, b. Londonderry; d. Jan. 9,
1822; m. 2d, Oct. 1839, Abigail Platts. Dea. Moses, was son of Nathaniel and
Lydia (Gould) Fiske, m. to Sukey, a dau. of James and Mary Platts; b. in Lon-
donderry, d. at an advanced age, about 1833-6, her father having been a Revolution-
ary pensioner. They resided in Topsfield until the year 1805, in New Boston,
N. H., until Mar. 1820, when they emigrated to Parishville, St. Lawrence county,
N. Y., and remained about two months; and removed to Stockholm, same county,
where Mrs. Fiske died and Deacon Fiske, the spring of that year, removed to
Fort Covington. Franklin county, same state, and resided until his death, after
marrying Abigail Platts, a sister to his first wife. He was an industrious farmer,
and a shoemaker by trade; and from an obituary notice of him in the Franklin
Gazette, published at Fort Covington, June 9, 1841, we learn that "In early life he
made a profession of religion, and was set apart to the office of Ruling Elder in
the Presbyterian church before his removal to this town, which office he continued
to hold until his death. His deportment was uniformly that of a Christian." He
d. June 2, 1841; res.. Fort Covina-ton. N. Y.
1606. i. SUSAN PLATT, b. at Topsfield, Mass.. Mar. 22, 1804; m. Feb.
17, 1830, at Fort Covington, where they resided, to Humphrey
FISKE GENEALOGY. 199
Russell, jr., b. at White Creek, Washington county, N. Y., May
12, 1802. Their children, who are all alive, and some married,
with children, are: i, Edwin Humphrey, b. Jan. 2, 1832. 2,
Lovica Susan, Mar. 16, 1834. 3, Rodney Fiske, Dec. 28, 1836.
4, Hulda Eliza, Dec. 13, 1838, 5, Moses Fiske, June 12, 1841. 6,
Mary Maria, Mar. 17, 1847.
1607. ii. MARY CLEVES, b. in New Boston, Oct. 17, 1807; m. Robert
Young, who died at Massena, St. Lawrence county, N. Y.,
Feb. 17, 1862. She had no issue, but her husband had a large
family by his first wife.
1608. iii. NATHANIEL, b. 1810; d. aged seventeen years, a worthy mem-
ber of the Methodist Episcopal church, and of the same church
where other members of this family are of like standing.
1609. iv. MOSES, JR., b. Apr. 27, 1813, in Boston; m. at Lisbon, St. Law-
rence county, N. Y., Aug. 2, 1824. He is a farmer at Lisbon,
but had no children.
1610. V. HARRIET NEWELL, b. Aug. 30, 1815; m. Hiram Russell, a
brother of her sister, Susan P 's husband, and born at
same place, June 21, 1814; reside at Fort Covington, and their
children are all living, and several of them have children, i,
Briggs, b. Dec. 8, 1836. 2, Fanny, b. Apr. 28. 1839. 3, Mary, b.
May 4, 1843. 4, James, b. Feb. 4, 1848. 5, Daniel, b. Feb. 20,
1850. 6, George, b. Aug. 12, 1853. 7, Caroline, b. July 24, 1855.
1611. vi. HULDAH WOODBURY, b. Sept. 29, 1817; d. unm., Dec. 31.
1844; she left a diary of her Christian experience, which she
kept, now held by the family as a sacred memento of her.
1612. vii. PUTNAM BRADFORD, b. Sept. 9, 1820 m. , .
877. DAVID FISKE (Nathaniel. Theophilus. Theophilus, William, Wil-
liam, John, William, Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Topsfield,
Nov. 24, 1783; m. Apr. 8, 1813, Nancy Baker, dau. of Moses and Hepzibah (Card)
Baker; b. Hamilton, Aug. 19, 1786; d. Nov. 30, 1856. David, son of Nathaniel
and Lydia (Gould) Fiske, m. Nancy Baker, resided with his father in Topsfield
until two children were born, when they removed to New Ipswich, N. H.,
where three more children were born; in Ashburnham, Mass., and in Nov., 1843,
removed to Byron, Ogle county. 111., where some of his children had re-
moved. He d. and his wife d. at the same place. He d. Sept. 5, 1851; res.
Byron, 111.
1613. i. LYDIA GOULD, b. Feb. 21, 1814; m. in Ashburnham, Oct. 4,
1837, Phineas Brown Spaulding, b. in Ashburnham, Oct. 14,
1815. His parents were Isaac Spaulding and Lydia Brown,
who were of New Ipswich, N. H., resided in Worcester one
year after they were married, five years in Fitchburg, where
he carried on his business of cabinet making. Ill health com-
pelled him to give up that business, and several months sub-
sequently removed to Byron, 111., where he commenced in
1844 the nursery business; and, eleven years after, removed to
Beloit, Rock Co., Wis., where he deceased, Nov. i, 1864. Ch. :
I, Alfred Foster, b. at Byron, III., Sept. 28, 1849; 2, Charles
Washburn, b. at Byron, 111., Aug. 12, 1851, and, 3, Ann Eliza-
beth, b. at Beloit, Wis., Dec. 26, 1856.
1614. ii. NATHANIEL GOLDSMITH, b. Mar. 12, 1817; m. Hannah
Z. Springer, from Hallowell, Maine, in 1846; has resided in
Natick, in Hopkinton, etc., and is (1867) in East Holliston,
Mass. A carpenter by occupation. No children.
1615. iii. HEZIBETH CARD, b. at New Ipswich, Apr. 3. 1820, died June,
1863; m. Isreal Stone Knowlton, son of Benjamin and Olive,
and b. in Newfane, Vt., Jan. 29, 1815. Settled in Byron, Ogle
Co., 111., where their children were born, namely: i, Try-
phena M.. b. June 2, and d. in Oct., 1843; 2, Alvah Benjamin,
b. Feb. 28, 1847; 3, Elsie Cornelia, b. Feb. 4, 1849; 4, Willie
Henry, b. Dec. 3, 184s.
1616. iv. ELIZABETH HUBBARD, b. Feb. 2. 1822, in New Ipswich; m.
July 10, 1845, Milo H. Smith, son of Friend and Salley (Rowe)
200 FISKE GENEALOGY.
Smith, b. in Amherst, Hampshire Co., Mass., May 20, 1812;
settled in Byron, Ogle Co., Ill, where all their children were
born. And she died March 3, 1857. Her children were: i,
Owen, b. May 5, 1846; 2, Mary Esther, b. March 12, 1848; 3,
Eldbridge F., b. Sept 2, 1850; 4, Maria Elizabeth, b. Dec. i,
1852; 5, Henry A., b. Dec. 7, 1854; d. January, 1855; 7, Abby
Nanc3', b. Oct. 13, 1856.
1617. V. MARY ANNA PERKINS, b. at N. Ipswich, Feb. 25, 1824; d.unm.
at Byron, Oct. 20, 1844.
1618. vi. MOSES BAKER, b. at Ashburnham, Mass., Mar. 14, 1828; m.
May 14, 1854, Abby J. Whitaker, of West Boylston, Mass., but
have no issue.
881, SAMUEL FISKE (Samuel, Theophilus, Theophilus, William, William,
John, William, Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Ipswich, Mass., May
7, 1773; m. Oct. 19, 1795, Sarah Patch, dau. of Samuel of Hamilton, b. 1778, d.
March i, 1833. He was baptised the 29th of the August following, which was
the day his father owned the church covenant. He settled in western part of
Wenham, where he died on the day he was ^^ years old; but she deceased, aged 55.
He d. May 7, 1846; res. Wenham, Mass.
1619. i. PATTY, b. Jan. 3, 1799; d. unm. ae. Zi-
1620. ii. WILLIAM, b. Sept. 6, 1804, deceased, aged 16 years.
1621. iii. PAULINE, b. April 21, 1810; m. May 16, 18—, Eldbridge G., son
of Warren Peabody, was b. in Wenham, Sept. 9, 1810, where
they resided until their first child was born, and removed to
Beverly, where they afterwards resided. Ch: i. Sarah L.,
who died, aged 7 years, and, 2, Adeline Mullet, b. in Salem,
Feb. 5, 1852.
1622. iv. SAMUEL BLANCHARD, 14, b. July 8, 1812; d. Nov. 5, 1845.
aged 32 years; settled on his father's homestead which his
widow sold to James Cook, and afterwards owned by Geo.
Kimball. His widow resided near the church in Wenham.
Her name is Harriet Frances, a daughter of Rev. William
and Frances (Costigan) Dodge, and a grandaughter of John
Dodge, of that part of the town called Wenham Neck. She
was b. Dec. 29, 1810, and d. Nov. 18, 1883. Their daughter
and only child was Martha Madalena, who died May I, 1855,
aged 20 years and 2 months, after marrying Ezra, son of
Amos and Bethiah (Goodell) Hobbs, of Wenham, who died
Oct. S, 1853, aged about 23 years, and they had an only child
who resided with her grandmother Fiske, whose name is Eliza
Jane, born in Wenham, July 4, 1851.
882. CAPT. EZRA FISKE (Samuel, Theophilus, Theophilus, William,
William, John, William, Robert, Simon, Simon, William, Symond), b. Ipswich,
Mass., Jan. 7, ^^J^6•, m. Dec. 31, 1800, Polly Lakeman of Hamilton, dau. of James
and Mary (Brown) Lakeman, b. Dec. 13, 1778, d. Dec. 20, 1857. Ezra, son of
Samuel and Sarab (Perkins) Fiske, who married Polly Lakeman, of Hamilton,
resided in Beverly at the time his first and his last child was born, and Salem the
rest of his life, where he deceased. He was a master mariner, and commanded the
barque "Speed." in time of war 1812. when in the employ of Joseph Peabody; was
taken by the British and put in prison at Bermuda, where he was kept during
most of the time until the war ended. He d. April 6, 1827; res. Salem, Mass.
1623. i. JOHN BROWN, b. Oct. i, 1804; m. Sarah Smith.
1624. ii. MARY, born Oct. 2, 1806, married July 12, 183 1, James, son of
James and Abigail (Cheever) Perkins, of Salem, have since
resided in Bangor, Me., where two or three of their children
were born; in Salem, Boston, and now Melrose, near the
Wyoming station, on the Boston and Maine Railroad. He
learnt the trade of blacksmith of his father; for some time
followed the same business, and has since been in the machin-
ery business. Their children have been: i, Wm. Francis,
b. June, 1835, who d. unm., July, 1867; 2, Mary Louisa,
who is a widow without children, m. Edward Thayer,
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of Boston, a master mariner, who d. at New York;
3, James Fisk, who was in the U. S. army at the time of the
rebelhon, and now a seaman; 4, Edward B., d. young; 5,
Chas. F., who went to sea and supposed deceased; and 6,
Stephen jarvis, b. about 1847, who is at home
1625. iii. SOPHRONIA, b. May 24, 1808, in 1837 m. Richard, son
of Richard and Lois (Devereux) Lindsey, b. in Marblehead,
Feb. 22, 1809; res. on Broad Street, and had a trading store
of West India goods and groceries on Layfayette Street, Salem.
Their children were all born in Salem, namely: i, Elizabeth,
b. Dec. 22, 1838, who was a deaf mute from a child (the mis-
fortune caused by scarlet fever), married James Denison, from
Royalton, Vt., and he is so deaf that his way of conversation
is, for the most part, by signs. They are teachers in the
asylum at Washington,, D. C, where they reside. Have had
no children.
1626. iv. MERCY, b. July 10, 1811; d. young.
1627. v. LOUISA, b. Sept. 5, 1812; m. Sept. 15, 1835, Mark Webster, of
Bangor, Me., a lumber surveyor, and resided in that place until
about 1862, when they removed to Chicago, 111. His father,
who was born in Fryeburg, Me., d. Mar., 1836, aged 64 years;
and his mother, Mary, the dau. of Rev. Dr. Porter, d. about
1855, aged 75 years. Dr. Porter was about 96 years of age.
Ch.: I, an infant, d. young; 2, Ezra Fiske, b. Apr. 25, 1848.
3, Emery Abbott, b. Feb. 28, 185 1, and Percy L., b. Oct. 10,
1852.
1628 vi. SARAH ANN, b. Dec. 2, 1814; m. William Page, of Salem, a
cooper, and went to Newton, Mass., about 1841, where she
d. Jan. 9, 1846, and he m. a Lydia Smith for his second wife.
Her children were: i, Sarah Ann, who resides with her father,
m. Charles Chamberlain, of Watertown, who d. in Charles-
town, by whom she had a